Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:13:22 05/19/00
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On May 19, 2000 at 09:46:04, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>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
You all miss the point.
But well, I just gave my opinion.
Based on personal opinion about SMP, everybody is free to make their strategic
choices.
Then we will see what happens in a few years.
Christophe
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