Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 18:25:20 05/20/00
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On May 19, 2000 at 19:25:47, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 19, 2000 at 13:17:39, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On May 19, 2000 at 13:13:22, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>Such is the fate of us, mortals. >> >>Which point? :) >> >>Enrique > > > >The "PC" is a dead concept. Time to move on. Move on to where though? I don't think the PC is going to die anytime real soon, but I see other forms of computing becoming more popular. In particular I am following the progress of game consoles which are becoming more than just game consoles (eg. playstation II) and PDAs (Palm Pilot etc) which are steadily growing in popularity. There are still quite serious limitations in the new platforms though... Still waiting for decent voice recognition ... > > > Christophe > > > > >>>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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