I did not like Titanic, for all the reasons you mentioned and more. But, he didn't make Titanic with people like us as the target audience. He hit his mark perfectly and made a boatload of money.
Avatar seems like it's targeted towards both the 'old crowd' of sci-fi and Titanic's audience. Will aiming for both targets cause him to miss completely? We'll find out in December...
Its too bad the article doesn't talk about things like Execute Disable, Virtualization support, etc. For a power user audience like/. these are important considerations.
For me not being able to install Xen, or Windows 7 XP mode, etc are complete deal killers. I want CPUs with those features, especially when shopping "value CPUs".
Getting something like an E8190 is a mistake that will bite a/. power user in the ass eventually even if it is a few bucks cheaper than an E8200 and delivers the same performance, at the same wattage, etc...
I completely agree. I recently put together a new pc for myself and I almost went with the recommended CPU from this article, the Q8400. Then I realized Win7's XP mode won't even run without hardware virtualization, which that chip lacks. The Q9400 is only slightly more expensive, has a larger cache, and has hardware vt, making it a no-brainer for me.
Now I don't feel bad about turning of SMART reporting all those years ago. I never did trust that crap...
On a side note, it would be interesting to see who Google signs their next contract for disk drives with...
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I did not like Titanic, for all the reasons you mentioned and more. But, he didn't make Titanic with people like us as the target audience. He hit his mark perfectly and made a boatload of money. Avatar seems like it's targeted towards both the 'old crowd' of sci-fi and Titanic's audience. Will aiming for both targets cause him to miss completely? We'll find out in December...
It must be nice under the rock they've been living under for these past few years...
Its too bad the article doesn't talk about things like Execute Disable, Virtualization support, etc. For a power user audience like /. these are important considerations.
For me not being able to install Xen, or Windows 7 XP mode, etc are complete deal killers. I want CPUs with those features, especially when shopping "value CPUs".
Getting something like an E8190 is a mistake that will bite a /. power user in the ass eventually even if it is a few bucks cheaper than an E8200 and delivers the same performance, at the same wattage, etc...
I completely agree. I recently put together a new pc for myself and I almost went with the recommended CPU from this article, the Q8400. Then I realized Win7's XP mode won't even run without hardware virtualization, which that chip lacks. The Q9400 is only slightly more expensive, has a larger cache, and has hardware vt, making it a no-brainer for me.
Obligatory http://xkcd.com/356/
Now I don't feel bad about turning of SMART reporting all those years ago. I never did trust that crap... On a side note, it would be interesting to see who Google signs their next contract for disk drives with...