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AMD Bumps Up Socket AM2 Launch Date
Thrill-Ki1l writes "According to DailyTech AMD has moved up the launch date for their new socket AM2 processors. The manufacturers of the new AM2 chipsets and motherboards have their hardware ready to ship early so AMD decided to launch the chips 2 weeks early. The new launch date is May 23rd."
What else can we say?
...this is Earthday weekend. A little introspection and reflection is in order.
Perhaps it is time to look at this utterly ridiculous SUV model of computing. Because that is what it is for the most part. Building chips and mobos and computers takes WAY more energy and natural resources than it costs to run them. People look at CPU per watt, but that is a tiny part of the story, the true energy hog nature of these gadgets goes into the unrelentless manufacture of billions of them. Is it *really* necessary to upgrade constantly? Or is this putting the pressure on "the other guy" to do their bit and sort of ignoring our bits...? Perhaps a smidgen of "well, MY reason is so important and blah blah blah I am exempt, I simply MUST have the latest every six months because..."
I call hypocritical BS on any such claims.
It takes tons of pollution-TONS-to produce a new computer, and no telling how much energy if you follow it all the way back to mining and manufacture and shipping, etc. Beaucoup lots.. then disposal time, where it gets worse....
Maybe we should just kick back and force the manufacturers to release less often and spend their time designing better, designs good for longer than a few months by NOT paying for the latest and greatest until such a time as at least a few years are past? Just maybe?