Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 12:19:53 02/20/03
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On February 20, 2003 at 03:06:19, Russell Reagan wrote: >On February 19, 2003 at 23:44:48, Matt Taylor wrote: > >>It is very profittable to allow users to upgrade >>every 6 months and purchase every generation of chips. > >I don't think there's any reason for people to upgrade every 6 months. I'm still >running a P3 733 MHz. Since I bought it two and a half years ago, the only thing >I've added is a second CPU, just to play around with SMP chess stuff. Even for >playing online 3D games, I experience no performance lag. I really don't see a >reason to upgrade, unless I was running a server that was having a hard time >keeping up, or something like that. I agree with you completely, but not everyone follows this strategy. Some people are enticed by the idea of having the latest greatest. I work with one such person. :-) -Matt
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