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If you don't think those are worth the coin, then go use EC2. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. I've frankly had enough of the whining about "expensive computers." Think of it this way: google is giving your all this computer time for free! All you are paying for is the license to use their software, which they bill based on usage. Just like most commercial software (Oracle, for example, charges you based on the # of "cores" you deploy). Since the computer time is free, it is cheaper than EC2, Rackspace, and your stinkin' garage. The software is expensive, but that is completely justified. QED. -Joshua On Dec 14, 2011, at 7:50 AM, John wrote: > Just started thinking about this... but now that we are basically paying for > all the datastore reads/writes, and bandwidth separately... > > Isn't paying $60 a month for a 600 MHZ instance with only 128 MB ram a little > expensive? > > Just taking a quick glance at EBAY, I can buy a > 2 GHZ machines with over a > GB of memory all day long. > I can buy BRAND NEW Intel Atom Dual-Core D525 Processor(1.8GHz, 1MB L2 > Cache), Support Intel Hyper-Threading technology, > with 1GB memory for ~ $160 all day long > http://www.amazon.com/SHUTTLE-XS35V2-PC-Barebone-System/dp/B004XJCCQO/ref=sr_1_2?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1323866320&sr=1-2 > > Call me crazy, but I still have my 1 GHZ pc I bought back in 1999 (12 years > ago) sitting in the garage and I would have a problem giving it away (It also > has a lot more memory than 128 MB ram). > > A standard (small) SAME PRICEd Amazon EC2 instance comes with 1.7 GB of > memory and even their FREE micro instance gives you 613 MB of memory. > > I understand computers were a lot more expensive back in 1999, but they have > gotten a lot cheaper over the past few years. > > Please justify what I am paying for because right now I am trying to justify > upgrading to the F2 instance class for twice the price ($120/month) just so I > can double up and get a whopping 256MB ram! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/U8nQaYwxQr8J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
