Randy
Tue Jun 28 01:00:19 CDT 2005
I think it's reason to CELEBRATE, not fight! Sheesh... if they only knew
what it used to be like, working with XT systems, upgrading system RAM one
bug chip at a time, running 300baud connections to the local library server,
system beeps for a sound system, cga graphics, 20MB hard drive replacing
original 5MB drives that had crashed, 5.25" floppies... hell, I remember a
friend in law school casually buying a replacement 1G hard drive when his
old one died, and it cost him a grand just over ten years ago. The 486
system I bought myself that year cost me almost 2 grand!
In high school it was even worse; we had a table-sized "tele-terminal"
dialed in (via a Konnex Konnector) to the nearby university server... typed
input got answered via a huge line printer printing characters one at a
time. But it served its purpose, teaching us BASIC and performing searches
for college programs in which our classmates were interested.
Competition and advancing technologies both drop prices and make for a more
pleasant computing experience for all.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Its just a processor guys, lets not break out into a rash. :-)
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> "NoNoBadDog!" <no_@spam_verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:%23KbddN3eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > ********WARNING*********
> >
> >
> > Brain-dead Idiot Response!
> >
> >
> > Did you even read the post? See If you can get someone to help you with
> > the big words...
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > "Mark Gillespie" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ujkqbB3eFHA.1136@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> ***WARNING AMD FANBOY POST ***
> >>
> >> NoNoBadDog! got up from the bar and shouted: :
> >>
> >>>>
> >>> Okay, let's see....
> >>>
> >>> No on-die Memory controller....
> >>> No Hypertransport bus....
> >>> only 256Mb *INCLUSIVE* cache.
> >>>
> >>> Think 'I'll put my money on the Sempron64....
> >>>
> >>> Don't get me wrong...but until Intel gets it's act together and starts
> >>> making 64 bit chips that can compete with AMD instead of making a 64
bit
> >>> retread on an old architecture....I'll continue to buy AMD.
> >>>
> >>> Bobby
> >
> >
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