Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:03:13 05/21/00
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On May 21, 2000 at 10:17:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On May 21, 2000 at 00:04:16, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On May 20, 2000 at 21:25:20, Peter McKenzie wrote:
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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.
>>
>>
>>
>>That's what I mean.
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>>
>>
>
>When I use the term "PC" I include desktops, laptops, palm devices, etc. The
>"form factor" doesn't count for much. In fact, I use my trusty laptop more than
>I do any desktop. If a palm had a good cpu, and reasonable input interface, I
>might use one of those more than my laptop.
>
>I don't think a 'centralized computing system' will happen again.
OK, so you can understand that I don't think that all these devices will be SMP
soon.
SMP is okay for a big PC on a desk or for a network server, but for other
devices, which will become more and more common, it's useless.
Instead of stuffing several processors into a machine that is used for word
processing only, I think it would be smarter to work on making the screen more
readable, the computer smaller (so it takes less space on the desk), maybe even
transportable, and so on...
For the same cost, the idea is to have computers easier to use. Having more
computing power is now futile for most applications.
Christophe
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