[rescue] x86 power question

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 @ 02:47 -0500, Sridhar Ayengar said:

> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > Tue, 14 Nov 2006 @ 18:02 -0500, Sridhar Ayengar said:
> > 
> >> 70?  75?  Who cares?  Is the machine making me substantially more 
> >> productive than my old machine did?  Maybe.  Enough to justify that kind 
> >> of increase?  Probably not.
> > 
> > That depends heavily on what you do for a living.
> 
> I code for a living.

Well, that could mean an 8-bit Atari would be enough for you.

If you do things like video editing, write games, 3D visualization, and
a host of other things, the latest video cards might not even be enough.


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