Computing power analogies

[Rafael Garcia-Suarez]

On 11/12/2007, Edmund von der Burg <evdb at ecclestoad.co.uk> wrote:
> Could someone please suggest something more everydayish that I can use
> in my analogies. Basically fill in the blank in the following
> sentence:
>
>   "Well Grand-Ma, this new iPhone thing is as powerful as ..................."

Well Grand-Ma, this apple is as tasty as an orange !