Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 11:59:25 05/11/01
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On May 11, 2001 at 13:16:24, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dear CCC, > >Hey guys and gals, I am being slaughtered by Chess Tiger 14 on my PII 333 Mhz >machine with 96 Mb. of RAM. I do not use anti-computer techniques. Why do I >need a faster machine? > >Ans. 1. It saves time. Time is money. > 2. There is more to life than chess. ie Duke Nukem Forever, Unreal...etc. > 3. I need to pay the electric utilities more money? > 4. I can say that I have the biggest, meanest computer on the block. > 5. My life is reflected in my possessions? > >It is getting harder to justify the need for faster machines. The only reason >to buy is to stimulate the economy and enable the development of even faster and >smarter computers. > > Or maby to see how well a program/programs can play when run on the best hardware possible, i build my T-Bird 1.3ghz equipped with 512 ram and it cost me less than a "standard" P3 500 mhz of the shelf and given the opportunity qould you not prefer the fastest machine possible?? Regards Jonas >Tim Frohlick
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