Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:26:01 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Core vs HyperThreading vs Dual CPU Message-ID: <20060112142601.10906.qmail@web33305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <00B61835-9B73-4058-ABDF-888B522B1A97@u.washington.edu>
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--- Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Danial Thom > wrote: > > > Wait, I can "download music, run a virus > scanner > > and play games" all at the same time? wow. > Wait, > > I can do that anyway. Does each core have its > own > > hard drive too? > > > > I wonder how many meetings they had before > they > > came up with that "description" of the > benefits > > of dual core technology. People are so easily > > bamboozled. > > > > DT > > No kidding. But I doubt the competence of > people that buy computers > 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 Interesting view. Perhaps the ability to get the "same thing" has value to "some people"? If you factor in the costs of labor and acquisition costs Dell is a pretty good deal. They use solid supermicro MBs AFAIK, so there is no technological downside. Frankly I don't use them, but if I were buying many system for a large company its a good way to go. Frankly, I question the competence of scores of people who "upgrade" their open-source OS servers witout testing it first. The assumption that because something is newer that its better is just as incompetent as the assumption that big companies sell better products. Relying on useless benchmarks and highly questionable testing techniques is exactly the same as buying into marketing hype. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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