If any of you are big on computer hardware, you probably know the story.
Suffice to say, despite all the massive hype, AMD failed to deliver a top-tier chip with the new architecture.
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That rant is getting to be a memeplex.
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Hullo Gawdzilla. 
Wow.... this forum really is short on computer hardware nuts
Wow.... this forum really is short on computer hardware nuts
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We have several loose nuts in the ACP.Transgirlofnofaith wrote:Hullo Gawdzilla.
Wow.... this forum really is short on computer hardware nuts
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As long as my computer does what I want it to do, I don't give a flying fuck about what other CPUs are or are not capable off. One day, of course, it may no longer be up to the job. Then I'll upgrade, probably to an Intel 80386 based mobo with 4MB of RAM.Transgirlofnofaith wrote:Wow.... this forum really is short on computer hardware nuts
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AMD's a day late and a dollar short again.
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Good on ya. Unfortunately I've never had a really good rig yet, so having a top-end one is an obsession of mine till I get it built.Seraph wrote:As long as my computer does what I want it to do, I don't give a flying fuck about what other CPUs are or are not capable off. One day, of course, it may no longer be up to the job. Then I'll upgrade, probably to an Intel 80386 based mobo with 4MB of RAM.Transgirlofnofaith wrote:Wow.... this forum really is short on computer hardware nuts
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Whoa! Whoa! That's real bleeding edge stuff there ...Seraph wrote:As long as my computer does what I want it to do, I don't give a flying fuck about what other CPUs are or are not capable off. One day, of course, it may no longer be up to the job. Then I'll upgrade, probably to an Intel 80386 based mobo with 4MB of RAM.Transgirlofnofaith wrote:Wow.... this forum really is short on computer hardware nuts
... for 1987.
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Just got Macbook Pro via school, we have turned to the dark side...
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WFT? Your school must have plenty of taxpayers' money to waste!JimC wrote:Just got Macbook Pro via school, we have turned to the dark side...
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We have to pay for it in installments out of our salary (before tax), but it's ours to keep, and they put lots of software on it...klr wrote:WFT? Your school must have plenty of taxpayers' money to waste!JimC wrote:Just got Macbook Pro via school, we have turned to the dark side...
Anyway, the Aussie dollar is strong at the moment, so we laugh at pygmy economies from other benighted parts of the world...
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Strong the (pretend) hubris is in our Aussie friends.JimC wrote:We have to pay for it in installments out of our salary (before tax), but it's ours to keep, and they put lots of software on it...klr wrote:WFT? Your school must have plenty of taxpayers' money to waste!JimC wrote:Just got Macbook Pro via school, we have turned to the dark side...
Anyway, the Aussie dollar is strong at the moment, so we laugh at pygmy economies from other benighted parts of the world...
Pride cometh before a fall (... in the Aussie Dollar)
As for getting lots of software: I'm struggling to find any software that I actually want/need to buy, because the free alternatives are all so good. But that is (quite literally) for another thread.
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Been there, done that. Let me tell you this: the exhilaration you get from owning a state of the art box for which you have paid a premium will have well and truly evaporated in a matter of a few months, or even weeks. I once spent $4000 on a 90MHz Pentium with 16 MB of RAM and a cavernous 540MB HDD, when everybody else thought 486s were the bees' knees. An acquaintance of mine said I was mad to buy something as overspecced as that. My excuse was that I got a good deal. My fire breathing monster was typically advertised for about $7500 at that time. Not very long after he told me that he just bought a Pentium II with 64MBs of RAM and a 940MB HDD. Nowadays I am happy with less cutting edge gear. My current computer replaces one that gave up the ghost after seven years. It's powered by some AMD CPU, the specs of which I can't even recall now, has 4 gigs of RAM, 1TB HDD and all the usual gubbins. Cost? $890. It does everything I want it to do quite nicely, thank you.Transgirlofnofaith wrote:Unfortunately I've never had a really good rig yet, so having a top-end one is an obsession of mine till I get it built.
Pretty much so. I bought the 286 in 1989, and upgraded it to a 386 fairly soon after that (for free. Long story.) The 286 ran like molasses when Windows 3 came out. I also found that I needed to acquire a mouse around that time. And a 3.5" FDD. And Lotus Smartsuite for Windows. And... Every new thing was so smooth and shiny then. Now the computer is just a very, very useful tool for so many things.klr wrote:Whoa! Whoa! That's real bleeding edge stuff there ...Seraph wrote:As long as my computer does what I want it to do, I don't give a flying fuck about what other CPUs are or are not capable off. One day, of course, it may no longer be up to the job. Then I'll upgrade, probably to an Intel 80386 based mobo with 4MB of RAM.
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