From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 1 9:31:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from imo-m09.mx.aol.com (imo-m09.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.164]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C3337B401 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 09:31:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Bsdguru@aol.com) Received: from Bsdguru@aol.com by imo-m09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v30.22.) id n.109.209fe81 (4239) for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 12:31:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Bsdguru@aol.com Message-ID: <109.209fe81.2870aa5c@aol.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 12:31:24 EDT Subject: Re: Status of encryption hardware support in FreeBSD To: hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 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 In a message dated 6/30/01 6:17:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nate@yogotech.com writes: > > 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. 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. Theres an old saying about being penny-wise and pound foolish. Using a 486 in todays networking and cost environment is just plain moronic. B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message