Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 17:06:06 10/23/97
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I hate this whole idea. When I buy a computer, I want to buy the computer that make the most sense for me to buy. I want to be able to develop a budget, and pick the machine that is best, and meets the budget. I don't want to have to my a slower machine, one that offers a lower performance/price ratio, just so the machine will perform somewhere near the level of one of the supplied machines. The machine I buy is my ICC machine, it is my AEGON machine (assuming they have this event again), it may be my machine at the WCCC (open hardware for sure, no whining about micro speeds when you've got things competing that weigh several tons), it is the machine I run benchmarks on, it is the machine I build endgame databases on, it is the machine I run program vs program matches on, and it is the machine I build and verify my opening book with. I don't want to be stuck with a cheesy machine when for the same money I can get one that does better. I should have to delay or rush a buying decision in order to stay under some speed cap. These machines go obsolete soon enough without making people buy obsolete machines to start with. If there is a maker offering more machine for the buck, I will probably buy from that maker, if the machine will also fill my other needs. In my case, anything that runs Windows NT works equally well. bruce
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