Cost of iPhone X in 1957
...and yet, even with all this computing power, simple tasks like loading a webpage full of text still take ridiculously long times.<p>Maybe not with a &#x27;57 vacuum tube (transistors actually existed at the time already) computer, but then there&#x27;s this:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hubpages.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wins" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hubpages.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualC...</a><p>The massive increase in computing power has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in complexity. For better or worse.