14 Oct
2012
14 Oct
'12
12:02 p.m.
On 10/13/2012 07:08 PM, TeoZ wrote:
Squarely in the computer business. Like you, I assume.
Yes, it's
pretty scary. It's disheartening that a brain-vegetating,
time-wasting activity that people should've outgrown by late childhood
is the primary driver of computer performance today.
Where have you been, computer games have been driving upgrades since the
DOS era on PC and one of the major reasons people purchased computers
since the Commodore/Atari days.
For personal computers, maybe. Not for more serious hardware. Now
(meaning the past decade) the developments made in the personal computer
arena are filtering back into the world of more serious hardware, which
is something I find very interesting and nice indeed.
You'll note that my paragraph above stated that I KNOW this is
happening, it was not a claim that it wasn't.
The bright side is any machine that can run current
games at high
resolution and full details will probably run any work type application
with decent speed as well (unless you really need a pricey 2GB RAM
equipped video card for CAD).
Yep.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA