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07-21-2007, 11:15 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Coming Soon To A Computer Near You...
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07-21-2007, 12:32 PM
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$999 a pop at first? Oh well, that's the price to pay for cutting edge technology.
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07-22-2007, 02:56 AM
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Wow, 45 nm? We're gonna have high powered chips that don't heat your whole gorram room (which is a factor here in the desert heat) that will be faster than greased lightnin! Woo hoo!
And don't worry about the price, in a year it'll be all affordable....
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07-22-2007, 09:34 AM
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Yeah, the quad cores are set to drop to $266 soon. I remember when they were $1000 not all that long ago.
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07-22-2007, 09:37 AM
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I always found it amazing how fast the prices drop, which is a good thing, naturally
 - -- keep cranking out the new ones!! edit: ever see the TV commercial on the gum where "the flavor lasts too long" ?? I think of that some times in relationship to CPUs. There are already bargain bin dual cores, and soon to be quad cores, too. How many folks are going to want / need a octo core when quad cores are bargain bin? There'd have to be some mighty impressive software out there that uses all those cores... Last edited by TwoRails; 07-22-2007 at 09:42 AM. |
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07-22-2007, 09:46 AM
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Isn't it usually the case that the software has to catch up to the hardware?
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07-22-2007, 10:10 AM
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Incredible. That and a 12MB level two cache - should be fast enough for most things I do!
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07-22-2007, 10:13 AM
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By the time I need one of those, it will cost $10 on ebay...
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07-22-2007, 11:31 AM
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What can you get that's valuable for $10 on eBay nowadays?
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07-22-2007, 11:33 AM
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Plenty... I don't think it was quite as low as $10, but bailey got one heck of a deal on some electronic part not long ago.
Also, value depends on what the object is worth to the buyer and seller. To the buyer, it might be a million dollar find, to the seller, absolute junk.
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07-22-2007, 11:44 AM
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digitally confused
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Can you give me some specifics? Being currently broke I would dearly love to enhance my digital life on the cheap!
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07-22-2007, 12:17 PM
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Well here is the quote from Bailey... I don't do e-bay, yet anyway... but it sounds like he got a deal and then some.
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07-22-2007, 01:45 PM
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