Re: TI-H: heh

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gt; I know the answers, but you'll find allot in the reasearch process... Tell > me how much watts of power a 300MHz PII "MMX" uses, then I'll tell you how > many watts a 300MHz PPC uses. :) > > Grant > > Even > >By the time you programmed all the software you wanted for your Sparcky, > >then Intel would have come out with .4 micron technology, making 10GHz > >computers with 1GHz bus's and 1.2Gigabytes of RAM would all be common. > >Although I'd accept a Sparc, since I could hook 'er up with a RAID and OC48 > >and then have a nifty little server going. :) > > > >> > >> >In a message dated 11/29/98 5:11:55 AM Central Standard Time, > >> >gussie@alaska.net writes: > >> > > >> >> I think you'd be suprized to see a Sun. You and everyone you know > >prefers > >> >> CISC because its cheep ($90 for a 300MHz processor, $1,300 for > >computer). > >> >> But people in the RISC market get what they pay for. ($700 for > >300MHz > >> >> processor, $6,000 for computer). > >> >> And if you realy want a good Sun, you would have to get a Sparq. I > >think > >> >> they start at $25,000 or so. But again, it will eat pents and PPCs > >for > >> >> lunch. > >> >The directly above statement (it will eat pents...) is true. However, I > >> >personally would prefer to have 20 decent P II class machines to a > >single > >> >Sparq. For this reason, I don't think that the statement about getting > >what > >> >you pay for, is true. Perhaps for the scientist running some pretty > >intense > >> >applications, maybe some stuff dealing with number permutations or > >something, > >> >it is, but for the other 4,999,999,999 people in the world, I don't think > >so. > >> > >> If someone were to offer you a fully decked spark, it would be kinda > >> strange not to accept it. Esp[ecially at 600-800MHz. > >> > >> Grant > > > >-dan > > > >You standing in line? > >You believing the lies? > >You bowing down to this flag? > >You've Got a Bullet in Your Head. > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ > >Get your free, private e-mail at http://mail.excite.com/ > -dan You standing in line? You believing the lies? You bowing down to this flag? You've Got a Bullet in Your Head. _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private e-mail at http://mail.excite.com/
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