Dual-core Systems Necessary for Business Users?

Lam1969 writes "Hygeia CIO Rod Hamilton doubts that most business users really need dual-core processors: 'Though we are getting a couple to try out, the need to acquire this new technology for legitimate business purposes is grey at best. The lower power consumption which improves battery life is persuasive for regular travelers, but for the average user there seems no need to make the change. In fact, with the steady increase in browser based applications it might even be possible to argue that prevailing technology is excessive.' Alex Scoble disagrees: 'Multiple core systems are a boon for anyone who runs multiple processes simultaneously and/or have a lot of services, background processes and other apps running at once. Are they worth it at $1000? No, but when you have a choice to get a single core CPU at $250 or a slightly slower multi-core CPU for the same price, you are better off getting the multi-core system and that's where we are in the marketplace right now.' An old timer chimes in: 'I can still remember arguing with a sales person that the standard 20 Mg hardrive offered plenty of capacity and the 40 Mg option was only for people too lazy to clean up their systems now and then. The feeling of smug satisfaction lasted perhaps a week.'"

Comments

Re:Obligatory Quotes:

[strider44]

I thought it was common knowledge at least among Slashdot that Bill Gates never said that.

Re:Spend the extra money on flash-cache

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

It's actually what most people consider overkill.

"Actions" in a picture are many to one, in a picture. Each "action" has a giver and a reciever, which can refer to arbitrarily any "person" record.

That takes care of orgies.

Any person in any picture can have any arbitrary fluid denoted as covering any and all parts of their body, these are stored as UV texture maps of some generic model. (Also store where tattoos and piercings, freckles, and a bunch of other things are located this way).

Tubgirl is simply the "action" called "Defecating", with both giver and reciever pointing at the same person record, with maybe a "fluid" record showing where exactly she is covered in it.

You'd have learned all this, if you had bothered to read any links.

Re:You've got more threads than you might think...

[gfody]

but the amount of stuff running in the backgrownd is growing exponentially

No it's not growing exponentially. Not everything that is growing is growing exponentially. Are the background processes themselves creating new background processes that will in turn create more background processes??? The amount of people using the word "exponentially" as hyperbole is growing exponentially!

Re:I don''t agree either.

[modecx]

Seriously, have you ever even been in both a late model Corvette and any model Ferrari, let alone driven either?

I love older (50's-60's) Corvettes, because they have personality, and I hate newer Corvettes because they've got no soul. Sure, they're all made of plastic, but new ones actually feel like it. They feel like a giant die-cast model of a Corvette, not like how you want to imagine a Corvette... Not a good thing! Add to this the fact that most (around 85%) Corvettes are built with an automatic! The primary reason for this is so retirees don't hazard spraining their left ankle before tee time! If that isn't a good indicator that Corvette has lost its sporting soul, then nothing can be.

A Ferrari (say a 360 or a 430), on the other hand, is a completely different animal. Just sitting in one is an experience... You actually feel like you're some place special, and not like you're in some sterile plastic bubble... And that's before you even fire it up! Plus, the sound... You can't get that sound from a Corvette. Eight cylinders at 8500 RPM... That sound makes dogs beg to be euthanized, it makes small children cry--and I've also heard that it induces an anti-gravity effect on skirts being wore by women. You buy a Ferrari because it is stupid... Stupid fun.

You can spout numbers all you like, but there is simply no comparing a Ferrari to a Corvette, unless it's an old Corvette... When they begin to feel like they're not made by Tonka, and when they use suspension technology that is somewhat newer than the horse drawn buggy, I may change my opinion of Corvettes... Until then, you can get more sport for the buck from Japan... And they even manage to make cars feel less like cellophane than GM!

The one single thing Corvette has going for it now is: nobody cares about Corvettes, unless they've also got a Corvette. You could have an orgy in a convertible Corvette and nobody would notice because they would be too busy yawning.

Re:I don''t agree either.

[lowrydr310]

The Z06 has people talking and turns heads, though I haven't sat inside one yet. I would guess you're dead on saying it feels like a plastic bubble. I think most of that has to do with the interior design. For the longest time, American automakers designed their interiors with a ton of plastic and gave it a bubbly feel - big chunky plastic knobs and switches, and thick curvy plastic trim pieces sticking over your lap. Most of the Europeans had it right with clean straight lines and little plastic, and now GM and Ford are finally playing catch-up. The interiors of the Pontiac G6, the new Mustang, the Ford 500, the Ford Fusion, and the F-150 (all cars that I've driven recently) are definitely not your typical chunky American interiors. In fact some of them are nicer looking than what BMW, Audi, and Mercedes offer, however the American car companies still insist on using cheap plastic. I had a Pontiac G6 as a rental recently and I thought the interior was very nice, but the material used was so cheap (both look and feel).

I own a 03 Honda Accord and I think it's one of the best interiors I've ever seen. The look is great and the quality of the materials is excellent - it's certainly not cheap feeling like many Hondas in the past.

When it comes to MOST young people, everyone talks about the WRX STi and the EVO. After being a happy Turbo Eclipse owner, I almost bought an EVO but reality set in and I realized I can do better things with my money than buy (and insure) something that will get me into trouble.