""""What users get today, buying either the 1.4 or 1.5 GHz systems from DELL
or
Gateway or whoever, is an over-priced, under-engineered, and very costly
computer. A basic 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 computer runs for well over $3000, while
comparable Athlon and Pentium III based systems literally cost 1/3 to 1/2 as
much. Given the price the PC manufacturers pay Intel for the Pentium 4 chip
(a few hundred dollars more than the Pentium III), and given the $1000 to
$2000 premium consumers pay for Pentium 4 systems, the only ones who benefit
from the Pentium 4 are the PC manufacturers themselves! That is, if people
will be stupid enough to fall for it."""""
So my computer is crap? The machine I have been so proud of!? My wonderful
DELL tower, sitting here, churning out work like never before, never any
technical issues, never have to reboot it, never crashes, silent as a mouse,
fast as a cheetah is no good? My lovely Pentium 4 1.4 GHZ machine, with 256
MB of RAM and a 20 GIG HD, with a regular CD drive and a CD burner. My
fantastic workmate which allows me to have a couple dozen different windows
open with Photoshop and Illustrator and Pagemaker and ImageStyler among
them? Impeccably running Win2K and CFAS? All for the low price of $2800
including shipping?
<pout> and thought I had a nice machine </pout>
** is devastated. Will now jump off of the roof. Forget working for the rest
of the day. ... **
Erika
"Friendship is never an accident. It is always the result of high
intentions, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution. It
represents the wise choice of many alternatives." - unknown
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-----Original Message-----
From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 12:23 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Tech stuff: Why the P4 is Broken, and Intel Blew It.
http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm
"What it boils down to is this - just like at Microsoft and just like at
Apple, the marketing scumbags at Intel have prevailed and pushed sound
engineering aside. With the 1.13 GHz Pentium III chip dead on arrival, and
the Pentium 4 crippled beyond easy repair, Intel may have just set itself
back a good 3 to 5 years. Don't get me wrong, I've liked Intel's processors
for years. I rode their stock up when their engineers were allowed to
innovate. After all, they invented the processor that powers the PC. For
almost a decade the 486 and Pentium architectures have been superior to any
competitors' efforts - better and faster than the AMD K5 and K6 chips, far
more backward compatible than Motorola 68K and PowerPC chips, and almost as
fast or faster than the previous generation of chips they replaced. But, as
past history shows, it takes an Intel or an AMD or a Motorola a good 3 to 5
years to design a new processor architecture. And when you blow it, you blow
it. You sit in second place for those next 3 to 5 years. Pentium III has no
future. Pentium 4 needs to be redesigned. Itanium is still not ready and
will require all-new operating systems, computer tools, and application
software."
"What users get today, buying either the 1.4 or 1.5 GHz systems from DELL or
Gateway or whoever, is an over-priced, under-engineered, and very costly
computer. A basic 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 computer runs for well over $3000, while
comparable Athlon and Pentium III based systems literally cost 1/3 to 1/2 as
much. Given the price the PC manufacturers pay Intel for the Pentium 4 chip
(a few hundred dollars more than the Pentium III), and given the $1000 to
$2000 premium consumers pay for Pentium 4 systems, the only ones who benefit
from the Pentium 4 are the PC manufacturers themselves! That is, if people
will be stupid enough to fall for it."
-Gel
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