I like using fast computers, but I don't like Intel's pricing and the CPU performance improvements progress over the years... too expensive, too little speed improvements over its previous generations...
I truly wish AMD can once again get up to speed, and compete with Intel... as Intel is breaking one of their co-founders' Moore's Law... slowing down the technological advancements.
Talking about hindering technological advancements, it happens so often in the real world, as corporations wanted to maximize corporate gains on all of their investments.
So even if cool new technologies have been invented, huge corporations would try to acquire those smaller companies (usually startups), so they can push back the introduction of those new cutting edge technologies would have otherwise, revolutionize the industry or change the game right away.
Damn these multinational greedy corporations for hindering the technology advancements by not making them available to us in cost effective ways!