19 Jan
2010
19 Jan
'10
12:50 p.m.
------------------Original Message:
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:38:50 -0800 (PST)
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
Subject: Re: Computer speed over time [Was: Re: PDP-8/L value]
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
Consumers in our society are extremely well-trained.
I am regularly offered 2+GHz Pentium-4 machines because it has gotten around
that I'm into "vintage computing". Scary.
What kind of people offer such machines?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
------------------Reply:
Well, those well-trained/brainwashed consumers 'upgrading' of course.
And large users who find it cheaper to just replace all the existing boxes
with preconfigured new ones instead of upgrading and cleaning up the
(often messy) existing installed systems.
How many would you like? I think I have a couple of dozen left after foisting
another dozen or so off on various friends, relatives & casual acquaintances.
m
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