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To: Mani1 who wrote (102738)	4/6/2000 10:14:00 PM
From: chic_hearne	Respond to of 1575761

Re: I don't think this person argument is any different than when people were saying 40 MHz 486 DX2 is fast enough and paying for a Pentuim is a waist of money. Mani, Haven't they been saying this for about 5-6 years now? Recently, I stopped by a development lab with 12 AS/400's running parallel, 32-way each I think. Each box was the size of a refrigerator. The thing was 36 ft. long, 5 ft. high, 3 ft. deep. I asked, "who could possibly use a system this big?" She said, "if we build, they will find a use." It's hard for some people to realize. Look at voice recognition programs alone. There's a whole industry where doctors dictate and pass on the tapes to have people type out the results for them. Look at this IBM project: research.ibm.com This computer will run a petaflop, 15 full years ahead of Moore's law. Still, it will take 1 year running 24/7 to complete the project. Sidenote: SMASH technology will be detrimental to SUNW, and all those other companies. Stability is where it's at. AIX is years ahead of the competition. chic

To: Mani1 who wrote (102738)	4/7/2000 12:15:00 AM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1575761

Mani, <I personally only buy top of the line, so I won't have to upgrade for 2 years. I paid few hundreds more to get the 650 MHz foil instead of the 550, but I think it was worth it. I do not like upgrading computer, transferring files, backing stuff up, etc.> It is all need driven. Most of the folks who post here are techies and are power users by nature. So, Mossberg's statements do not necessarily apply to you. <I am with chic in completely disagreeing with that dude's analysis that anything over 500 MHz is a waist of money. 450 MHz K6-2 or Celeron is barely good enough now, in 12 months it will be choking.> I say 233MHz MMX that I bought couple of years back is good enough for what me for another year or two. It all boils down to what do you use it for. <I don't think this person argument is any different than when people were saying 40 MHz 486 DX2 is fast enough and paying for a Pentuim is a waist of money.> I disagree. During the 486 time the software was stretching the hardware. That is no longer the case for most people today. Chuck