Bret Busby wrote: > Last year, I bought the computer described below, as a refurbished machine, > and, it is far superior to the new computers that do not come with enough > RAM to be worthwhile. > > This computer, with 128GB RAM, I regard as far superior to an i9 computer > with 8GB RAM.
OK. > The new computers are rubbish. No evidence for that, and the statement is so broad as to be useless. > Info: 14-core model: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: > Broadwell rev: 1 cache: First sale date: Q1 2016. The discussion about relative speed of old computers is specific to a feature which became ubiquitous in 2012, and the speculation about not being worse than 3x was specifically about 2010 vs current models. > Some computers, like this one, perform far better, than the cheap and nasty > new computers (which cost far more, and, far too much) I don't see how they can be both cheap and cost far too much. -dsr-