From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 10:33:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFDB916A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:33:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED9443D72 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:33:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l1so332279nzf for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:33:30 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=V4u+gQAHmNGsFRng9tA/PnqFU8h98eZkU8lLYDD0MhWWRX5psw+ldVHGbAxndqWec4yEJHzcEFrBbeLz5jBz2ky3/hYR/wL6alBiLwgWQmTLx7mIL/TmWWVqQB9APdRChqI5Z1YfdXkSr6EVHqkieMp7josIJFYt6g/M3EfuXv4= Received: by 10.36.77.16 with SMTP id z16mr1810864nza; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:33:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.67 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:33:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:33:30 +0300 From: "Andrew P." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20060112043142.9EA6.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060111203616.46021.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <00B61835-9B73-4058-ABDF-888B522B1A97@u.washington.edu> <20060112043142.9EA6.GERARD@seibercom.net> Subject: Re: Dual Core vs HyperThreading vs Dual CPU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:33:32 -0000 On 1/12/06, Gerard Seibert wrote: > Garrett Cooper > > > No kidding. But I doubt the competence of people that buy compute= rs > > from big name manufacturers, unless they bought it maybe for server > > applications, large scale deployment of machines, etc. Gotta love > > their little Flash graphics with the "balls" representing "bits", > > just hopping along the CPU/cores... lol. > > -Garrett > > From a strictly marketing/advertising sense, it is a rather useful tool. > Honestly, they could have posted a 5000 word white paper detailing the > specs and performance gains versus none hyper-threaded or dual cored PCs, > but how many actual potential buyers would have actually read or > understood it. That little visual aid they developed immediately > attracts a potential buyers attention. > > I do question why you make the statement, "I doubt the competence of > people that buy computers from big name manufacturers" however. I happen > to own two Dell computers, along with an old Compag (my first). In the > past ten years or so, I have purchased at least 6 personal PC's and > recommended dozens more to my friends. At least when buying from a well k= nown > manufacturer, the odds are that they will be around if something > goes wrong with the unit. I have know individuals who have purchased > from lesser known manufacturers only to discover that they were no > longer in business in a year or two. I look for stability in the > companies I do business with as well as the units I purchase. I > personally find your statement somewhat insulting. > > -- > Gerard Seibert > gerard@seibercom.net > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Welcome to consumerland :-) If you buy equipment from companies, which are stable thanks to great marketing/advertising strategies (and lack of funding in all other areas, including R&D), it doesn't make you a worse or a better man at all, but it does prove for a thousandth time in a row, that those strategies are almost exclusively effective ones in the land of incompetent consumers :-)