Yes, I was thinking how finicky and slow computers were back then (when compared to your now average PC) requiring restarts and the occasional BSoD showing up.

My guess is that with my current knowledge of computers now, I could have been more effective, but would be limited by the hardware more than anything.

Nowadays I freak out if my personal computer even gets a hint of slowness on day to day tasks (as i recently found out using unrar on Linux…)