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A "mini" computer was the standard of team computing back in the late 70's and through the 80's. I worked on a Prime system and a MassComp system during that time period. I don't recall the clock rate of the Prime 400, but the MassComp was based on the Motorola 68020 and ran about 20MHz. (I might be off a bit as it has been about 30 years...)

By comparison, today's micro-computer (laptops, desktops) boast speeds in excess of 1GHz - some over 2GHz. The problem with raw speed is that the faster you clock the processor, the more power you need to make it go and the hotter it runs. So, to get more power out of modern machines without desoldering the processor from the board, companies have limited the clock speed and gone to dual processors. In fact, my laptop has 4 dual-core processors each running at about 1.5GHz!

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