language_fan wrote: > The cost of e.g. doubling computing power depends on the domain. If you > are building desktop end user applications, they usually should scale > from single core atoms to 8-core high-end enthusiastic game computers. So > the cpu requirements shouldn't usually be too large. Usually even most of > the 1-3 previous generations' hardware runs them just nicely. > > Now doubling the cpu power of a low-end current generation PC does not > cost $1000, but maybe $20-50.
You also need to consider how widely distributed your application is. If you force a million desktop PC users to upgrade their CPUs, you just wasted twenty to fifty million dollars of your customers' money (or, more likely, lost a million customers). -- Rainer Deyke - rain...@eldwood.com