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To: Fred Fahmy who wrote (49500)3/4/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: Steve Porter  Read Replies (3) of 186894
 
Fred,

A couple of points re: high end users and uses.. (by your points)

1) research which requires major computational power

That's still UNIX turf until Merced then add 6 months for major computational products to be recompiled for Merced that's about 1.5 years (right on my schedule).

2) large database/spreadsheet applications

Define large.. big SQL databases yes, large spreadsheets yes.. but both are scenarios where one machine acts as an application or file server for maybe 10-200 (depending on application) so it's really a small % (although larger than 2 years ago granted).

3) vastly increasing numbers of servers to drive the internet and intranets

I disagree.. until the ability to get content into homes faster, most servers are now capable of supplying ample processing power.. the IO subsystems are what need more speed.. not the CPUs.. even then most server won't be upgraded for at least 1 year in most situations.. so again we are close to my intial time frame.

4) computer aided design

Point noted.. I missed them.

5) presentation graphics

Not sure what you mean here but a P166MMX notebook with 80MB has always sufficed for me.. here HD space is even more important than CPU power IMHO.

Steve

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