Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 06:46:04 05/19/00
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On May 19, 2000 at 09:36:01, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >On May 19, 2000 at 03:44:49, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On May 18, 2000 at 22:47:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>>SMP computers _are_ mainstream. In another 3-5 years, every microprocessor will >>>likely have two cpus on one die. But for today, Asus, AMI, several others, are >>>all selling dual cpu machines like hotcakes. Not as many as the basic single- >>>cpu machine, of course. But tens of thousands are being built/sold daily by >>>a couple of pretty good companies. >> >>Very limited use. Most people don't want/don't need/will never own one. > >5 years ago, most people would never have thought they'd want/need/or own even >something like a 500MHz machine, either, let alone something like 1GHz. :) In 1992, a dealer in Holland gave me a strong advise against buying a 486/33, because only an engineer would need such as monstruous machine. :) Enrique
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