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Subject: Re: Are Compaq AMD Business PCs as good for chess as Personal PC's?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:18:40 11/19/02

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On November 18, 2002 at 20:16:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 17, 2002 at 14:04:47, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On November 15, 2002 at 11:57:13, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>>
>>>I've never really understood the distinction between business and personal
>>>(except that business PCs usually do not have speakers/sound and sometimes have
>>>SCSI)
>>>
>>>anthony
>>
>>
>>Another difference is that "personal" computers often have video cards that are
>>better for 3D games.  Also perhaps extra software in the
>>entertainment/educational area as opposed to Office-type software in a business
>>system.  But certainly business & personal PCs overlap a lot these days.
>
>
>Another issue is the motherboard chipset.  IE Intel has a couple for the
>PIV xeon, one for "workstations" and one for "servers".  The server chipset
>E7500 is a bit better in every way, but more pricey...


Well, I think servers are yet a 3rd category (in addition to business and
personal).  Business and personal configurations overlap a LOT, but servers
really are quite a different breed in many ways, not the least of which is cost.



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