LOL -- trouble *starting* to write?
Mike -- one of your points (the myriad of choices that must be made) is valid. The
problem, in my mind, is that MhZ has become a surrogate for "good" -- ie, the faster,
the better. I think this has to do in large part w/Intel's marketing campaign, but
it's borne out here, in a c|Net article on the iMac:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C32615%2C00.html?dd.ne.txt.0219.02
For instance, market surveys have shown many first-time buyers equate computer
performance solely with chip speed. Many companies are offering less expensive
systems than the iMac which have 333 and 350-MHz processors, compared to the
iMac's 266-MHz chip. Apple is trying to change the focus from specs to the design
and identity of the machine.
But as your post shows -- and as comparisons (same software performing x tasks on
machines with different processors) show -- it "ain't that simple."
Which is a challenge for IBM, Motorola and Apple re the RISC chip -- and another
reason it 'makes sense' for Intel to continue evolving this current architecture, if
it means bigger MzH numbers for the uninitiated.
> Kathy E. Gill
>
> ----------
> From: Michael A. Stone[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> *sigh* ended up with another 1400-word boat anchor.. caveat
> lector. once upon a time, i used to have trouble /starting/ to
> write.
>
>
BIG SNIP
> consumers have enough to worry about just trying to decide among all the
> other options on computers.. how much RAM; CD, DVD or R/W-CD; Zip or
> Superdisk; what sound and graphics cards; what kind of modem or network
> card; PCI or AST, serial or USB; SCSI, IDE, or Firewire? adding
> another layer of complexity like "optimized for word processing and
> networking" vs. "optimized for raster graphics and spreadsheets" would
> be more than the general capacity for disbelief could bear.
>
>
>
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