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Can a machine be too weak to solve a problem?

Is there a problem that can be solved on a "powerful" computer but cannot be solved on a "weaker" computer.

Of course, the weaker computer will always take more time to solve the problem, but will it always be able to solve it eventually, or a problem can be too complex to ever be solved?

Assumption: hard disk is always large enough for storing the data, so there is no problem of being out of storage.

Lets assume that memory and cpu are relatively weak on the "weak" computer.

My thoughts are that out of memory error could prevent it from completing the computation. Can out of memory problem always be solved by just spilling to disk?
gpt
I think you're describing a *slow* computer, rather than what I'd call a "weak" one. Most computers are designed to be "computationally universal", meaning that they can simulate any other computationally-universal computer. In that sense, the power of a CPU has nothing to do with its speed.

> Can out of memory problem always be solved by just spilling to disk?

Secondary storage is still memory. Disk is slower and less convenient to use (since it's not directly connected to the CPU's memory space), but otherwise equivalent to RAM.