Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:04:16 05/20/00
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On May 20, 2000 at 21:25:20, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>On May 19, 2000 at 19:25:47, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>On May 19, 2000 at 13:17:39, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
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>>>On May 19, 2000 at 13:13:22, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>>>On May 19, 2000 at 09:46:04, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
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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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You all miss the point.
>>>
>>>Such is the fate of us, mortals.
>>>
>>>Which point? :)
>>>
>>>Enrique
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>>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.
That's what I mean.
Christophe
> 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 ...
>
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>> Christophe
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>>>>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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