Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 00:34:37 10/24/97
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On October 23, 1997 at 20:06:06, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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. This isn't about what machine you BUY, its about what machine your program gets to run on at the WMCCC. Chris > >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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