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sachinag on Jan 26, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Adobe UI Gripes

I had a Turbo button on my first computer. What was it supposed to do? I think I always pressed it because, hey, faster is better than slower.

sdfx on Jan 26, 2009 [–]

Coding Horror has the answer: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001173.html

It's a compatibility feature, allowing older software to run at the speed it was intended to run at (mainly games).

lallysingh on Jan 27, 2009 | [–]

But really just to put the word 'turbo' on your machine, to make it seem faster.

I had what, 3-5 PCs with that switch on there, and never once used that feature.

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