Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:32:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM Cc: steve@visint.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What computer to buy ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970821112554.10438A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199708211559.KAA06052@compound.east.sun.com>
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On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Tony Kimball wrote: > Quoth Stephen Roome on Thu, 21 August: > : futureproof (ish) without buying an excessively overpriced Pentium II. > > Pentium II is just about the opposite of futureproof -- it is planned > obsolescence: Slot 1 has a very short lifetime plan. But all Intel CPUs have planned obsolescence. There is only so much you can do with CPU development and keep the connector the same. Besides a typical CPU costs almost twice as much a the motherboard, so who cares about whether the connector is going to change? In a year, the mb isn't going to be worth anything, anyhow. BTW, don't get screwed on PII 266 prices. Prices have already dropped, but some are still selling at old prices. Tom
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