RE: [TCLUG:13647] multi-processors (was:Re: [TCLUG:13602] Myth IIfor Linux)

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

At the risk of igniting a crusade...

Isn't that why most people run Linux in the first place?  :-)

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Scott Dier - dieman wrote:

> I think we can all agree on a few things...
> 
> Multiprocessor can be a good thing.
> Computing power under 300mhz is really starting to feel *slow*.
> 
> Theres reasons for this.  Stuff has gotten more complex.  People have
> wanted better games like, UT and q3a.  Microsoft introduced a paperclip...
> stuff like that.
> 
> Thing is.  Cutting edge is more expensive than most people can afford.
> 
> I dont want the fastest.  I dont want the best.  I want the most bang I
> can get for how much I am spending on it.  Right now slaping two 50$ or so
> processors in a 120$ or so board and slapping 100$ of ram in it is
> allready under the price of many of the cutting-edge CPU's.  
> 
> Think, if you wanted you could build another one out of spare parts and
> have a totally seprate windows box :)  Or your kid could get a new box
> too.  Or people like me with limited funds can get something that can and
> will kick ass when needed.  When you look at what many people are forced
> to deal with every day, you wonder why you dont slap some cheap solutions
> like that around and start getting into the disposable computer age.
> Where you keep the initial outlay low, but expect to pay just as much over
> time. :)  Stay on the edge-- but at a budget.
> 
> 
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