From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 2 9:12: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.123.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E71037B401 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:11:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (nomad.yogotech.com [206.127.123.131]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA18568; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:11:55 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA15136; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:11:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate) From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15168.40266.336233.567196@nomad.yogotech.com> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:11:54 -0600 (MDT) To: Bsdguru@aol.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <109.209fe81.2870aa5c@aol.com> References: <109.209fe81.2870aa5c@aol.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I think you've missed the fact that the '486 solution requires an > > > add-on board (priced at $80.) and the faster cpu solution doesnt. That > > > adds a lot of margin to get a faster MB, more than enough to > > > compensate for the board. > > > > Not necessarily. The upgraded motherboard also requires a faster > > processor, and the two parts added together are almost certainly going > > to be more than $80. > > > > There is nothing more annoying than someone who argues subjects he clearly > knows nothing about. I agree. :) > You are way off on your pricing. Way off. A 633 Celeron > is under 50. Q1 for petes sake. The cost difference would be less than $20. > in quantity. It would be less than $80. Q1. That's just CPU. You've left off the motherboard, as well as the memory and other supporting hardware required for the CPU to do the work. > Theres an old saying about being penny-wise and pound foolish. Using a > 486 in todays networking and cost environment is just plain moronic. See your first sentence. You *really* don't know what you are talking about. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message