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Where's My 10 Ghz PC?

Posted by michael on from the don't-forget-the-flying-car dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Based on decades of growth in CPU speeds, Santa was supposed to drop off my 10 Ghz PC a few weeks back, but all I got was this lousy 2 Ghz dual processor box -- like it's still 2001...oh please! Dr. Dobbs says the free ride is over, and we now have to come up with some concurrency, but all I have is dollars... What gives?"

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  1. Don't complain. by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    People in Soviet Russia, however, appear to be afflicted with amusing juxtapositions of the aforementioned situation.

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  2. Least of your worries by dunsurfin · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to most predictions we were meant to be enjoying lives of leisure by this point - working a 5-hour week in the paperless office, and driving to work in our hovercars.

  3. Two birds, one stone by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > According to most predictions we were meant to be enjoying lives of leisure by this point - working a 5-hour week in the paperless office, and driving to work in our hovercars.

    Judging from these pictures of the Intel retail boxed heatsink for the Pentium 4 560J (3.6 GHz), by the time we get 10 GHz PCs, the hovercar problem will take care of itself.

  4. Re:We need a faster bus by mirko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the guy who promised him a 10GHz PC was counting in binary ?

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  5. Re:Asymptotic by CmdrGravy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it's going to take a lot of imagineering to fully appreciate the tectonics of a potential paridigm shift.