I'm more like the guy that brags on the fact that never mind the car takes an hour to get to 100mph, I built it for only $1000 and it gets 50mpg.
I think it's IDIOTIC to drool over the biggest, fastest and most expensive shiny phallic object. Which - if you are really "ok" with yourself - you probably don't need or want it. Attempting to discover the greatest values at the lowest cost is financial efficiency (which seems to be completely ignored by the 'gotta haves')... (I pity the fool!) Mr WaV T On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com>wrote: > They build them for the same reason they build muscle cars that go from 0 > to 120 in 1.2 seconds (or whatever). Even though you can't drive them like > that, there's always somebody out there that wants one so they can bore > everybody at the next party by telling them that their car will do 0 to > 120... > > > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:56:10 -0600 > > From: dlocklea...@gmail.com > > To: o...@texascavers.com > > Subject: [ot_caving] computer news - Intel > > > > > According to this story today, computer geeks have broken a record > > for desktop computer speed at 5 1/2 gigahertz: > > > > http://usa.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=13624 > > > > They used the new Intel motherboard ( X58 ) and the new Intel > > chip - the i7. > > > > The base model of the X58 with the i7 is currently available at Fry's > > for $ 600, so you too could start building a computer with > > the potential for having the fastest processing speed you have > > ever imagined. > > > > But why? > > > > > > What I need my computer to do is to make my life simpler. I need > > it to boot quicker, to never crash or lock up, to easily connect to > > any gadgets that I have, especially the printer and the scanner. > > > > I am not yet familiar with accessing the Internet before the computer > > boots. Anybody out there using this new feature? > > > > I want to be able to sit down at the computer and immediately start > > working on something without having to worry if I have the program > > for that task. Meaning it would be nice if things like AutoCAD and > > Photoshop, Games and Music were somehow already on my computer. > > I think that is where the Internet is going to fill a gap, but I haven't > > tried using on-line programs yet. > > > > I wish broadband access were not so expensive. > > > > It appears someone could inexpensively build a quad-core computer > > using AMD stuff, especially if you go with Linux. It may not have all > > the bells and whistles, but it would still be faster than what most > > people had 2 or 3 years ago. > > > > David Locklear > > > > Ref: > > > > > http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Review/127372,nehalem-intel-core-i7-extreme.aspx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com > > >
