CES 2004 Coverage

TheCheat writes "CES 2004 is just getting underway in Las Vegas. It looks like there is quite a bit of coverage from several websites including: Anandtech's revelation of Intel and AMD roadmaps; Tom's Hardware's look at Xbox2 rumors; A look at Microsoft's keynote at ExtremeTech; and finally a look at some BIG monitors at TrustedReviews. It looks like CES is much bigger than COMDEX this year."

Comments

Real world vs. fanboy fantasies

[Anonymous Coward]

I am what most people would consider a highly trained technical professional. Unlike most people who spout off at this site, I have the certificates to prove this, and furthermore they're issued by the biggest software company in existence.

I know how to tell facts from marketing fluff. Now, here are the facts as they're found by SEVERAL INDEPENDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES:

Expenses for file-server workloads under Windows, compared to LinuxOS:

• Staffing expenses were 33.5% better.
  
• Training costs were 32.3% better.
  

They compared Microsofts IIS to the Linux 7.0 webserver. For Windows, the cost was only:

• $40.25 per megabit of throughput per second.
  
• $1.79 per peak request per second.
  

Application development and support costs for Windows compared to an opensores solution like J2EE:

• 28.2% less for large enterprises.
  
• 25.0% less for medium organizations.
  

A full Windows installation, compared to installing Linux, on an Enterprise Server boxen:

• Is nearly three hours faster.
  
• Requires 77% fewer steps.
  

Compared to the best known opensores webserver "Red Hat", Microsoft IIS:

• Has 276% better peak performance for static transactions.
  
• Has 63% better peak performance for dynamic content.
  

These are hard numbers and 100% FACTS! There are several more where these came from.

Who do you think we professionals trust more?
Reliable companies with tried and tested products, or that bedroom coder Thorwalds who publicly admits that he is in fact A HACKER???

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FP!

[Danta]

Yep, another first post by me :-D

- DT

If this is not the first post...

[Anonymous Coward]

I will smear honey about my asshole and testicles and roll around on a fire-ants' nest.

As always, links to pictures would be posted!

I'll pay for the pie...

[ohzero]

If someone else throws it at Bill (I'm a wuss).

Virtual keyboard for PDAs -Ibiz Tech

[jarich]

This is one I've been looking at lately... http://www.ibizpda.com It projects the keyboard onto the desk and you just type... it detects your fingers and registers the keystrokes. I have heard that it's more of a hunt and peck than real typing, but PDAs, who cares? They are at CES and have nominated for best of show. Also, it makes a hot penny stock! ;) http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/chart.jsp?symbol=I BZT

WHAT'S REALY WRONG WITH AMERICAN WAY???!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a Paki living in India. I am finaly geting job that statisfies me! its good if I get microsoft here. I know windows software why not I get the job? Why cant I have a big house beautiful wife, big bed and why shoudl I not able to call pizzahut and order pizza, get 32" television, DVD, VCR, 5.1? Why American get these? Why not I get these? Why should I go work carwash, why American go not to work at carwash and live single while I enjoy spending quality time with my beautiful wife, eat at burgerking, pizzahut and that??? We are equal person than american we should have all that and american could do what we have done. work for living at carwash for a while.