I'm 30 too, and I have been told that the American dream was "from dishwasher to millionaire". Now nowhere it states that you have to work hard for that, but I inherently assumed that. Probably my upbringing, I blame my parents.;-)
Ah, but your reasoning does only work in a perfect free market where there are many manufacturers of a good and that the entry of market is easy. (The latter is clearly not the case in chip manufacturing) So, when one company goes down, another can pick up. New companies emerge all the time. This is economy 101.
The rules change dramatically when there are just two players and one of the players is a (relatively small) and the other is a behemoth. The small company can compete with excellence, true.... However, if it goes less good for a while, it collapses leaving behind a monopoly. Now, a monopoly isn't bad per-se, but with Intels track record (which is clearly stated in my original post), I don't trust them with a monopoly. (I wouldn't trust AMD with one either)
The status-quo is the best situation for the customer. If we lose the status quo for a monopoly we are screwed. I want to avoid that and voted with my dollar (euro actually)
That said: price was also a consideration (as also mentioned in my original post). As similar specced Core 2 Duo would have cost 200€ more for which I bought additional RAM. I also actually know my needs, unlike joe-sixpack. I know that a moderate speed laptop will serve me well. After all, it replaced a P-III 600MHz/512Meg RAM running WinXP Pro. Battery life is not too important to me as I always have a socket nearby....
The message I sent to AMD was: I am happy with your offering in low-cost laptop chip that gives me the power I need. The fact that I paid them, ensures to me that their R&D will get money for developing high-end chips that are good, and whose offspring will end up in the low-cost section where I shop. If I need a high-end chip, I will of course look at Intel, but I have no need for one! Most people have no need for one, but they don't realise it.
Ehm, you really shouldn't generalize like that. I for one do not like to gamble and actually never do. My sister has said to be that when she hears me saying "I bet that...", she never bets with me because I only say that when I'm 100% sure that I'm going to win. There is truth in that. I think gambling is a total and utter waste of money and is not fun at all.
I'm going to stop arguing with you... You do not seem to react to reason.
Look at my sig. I have found P-IV class machines with 512Meg RAM in a dumpster. Totally spyware infested, but that isn't a problem for you is it? You can replace your hardware with hardware that you find in a fucking dumpster. That is as in for 0$.
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Assuming that this is similar in the US, I hope at least. In my country speed limit on freeways is 130kmh (~80mph) or 110kmh(~69mph) when it's raining. Semis are only allowed 90kmh (~56mph) on Freeways.
Now, the law -as taught in driving education- states that you have to be able to drive 20kmh (~12mph) faster than the vehicle you try to pass (this is on every road, not only on the freeway). In essence, this means I can pass a semi going at its maximum speed, but I cannot pass someone driving 120kmh. Not that it's really observed, but I've never seen someone pass at +1kmh. Well, trucks sometimes do, but I do not get angry at them because being a truck driver is a high-stress job with tight scedules.
That said, one of the scariest things for a European driving in the United States is that vehicle can pass you at both sides. Here, passing on the right side of a car is equivalent to "high speeding" (+30kmh over speed limit) If you do that and get caught, you are going to see the judge at the court.
Finally, I drive a sporty car and I do drive at speed limits now too. It saves tons of gas...
They don't keep up to date, and they completely abandon "legacy" cards. Nvidia cards, however, have excellent drivers for linux, and always have.
I don't know what you call "Legacy", but NVidia has dropped support for the GeForce 256 and TNT range in their recent binary drivers. Sure, you can still download older builds, but you can hardly call them "supported" anymore....Same for Windows Vista. It doesn't seem that there is NVidia support for anything older than the FX line. I don't expect the standard Windows Vista drivers to do 3D acceleration either.
I agree with you statements. My dad is of the "old days" and frowns upon the newer generation. I do too, because what I learned from him. On the other hand, it is still perfectly possible to invest in the long term and get dividends. The only difference, is that you won't get really-really-fucking-rich which is what happens when you have a lucky streak with in what you just described. The old way is to secure yourself, the new way is to have a chance to get rich quick.
Somehow the American dream (if I understood it correctly as a European) to "make it" by hard work and perseverance has been replaced by "get rich quick". I might have misunderstood though.
I don't welcome them. The reason we got into the whole Pentium IV mess and that AMD kicked Intel in the balls with AMD64, is because Intel thought it was the only kid on the block and acted like it. Luckily, Intel wasn't the only kid on the block. (Talk about underestimating your competitors!)
If Intel drives AMD out of business, you can expect Intel to go bad again. Then, however, we, the customers are screwed.
That's why I bought an AMD Turion X2 laptop recently, well knowing that I sacrificed both performance and battery life. Okay, it was also significantly cheaper than the Intel offerings, but that was not my major decision point.
Well, on Windows I use 7Zip. It is registred to the following extentions 001, 7z, arj, bz2, cab, cpio, deb, gz, iso, rar, rpm, tar, z and zip. All those I have used worked just fine for decompression (meaning arj, bz2, gz, iso, rar, tar, z and zip) It can only create 7z, zip and tar though.
Go take a look at "Start" - "Programs" - "Administrative Tools" - "Performance". Bazillions of options to monitor I/O. Beats the Task Manager by miles.
You really think I don't know what I/O is and how varied it is.
Okay, now I didn't know about the OQO. The others with 8086 and 8088 are out of the question as they aren't even capable of multitasking. I knew that "in the old day" there were PC-compatible handhelds like the Atari Portfolio which I actually owned. Tablet PC's are no handhelds, they are full PC's in another form factor. As for the OLPC, you can't get one and it runs a non Windows operating system in the first place, bringing us exactly back to what I said in the last post.
Compiling an app for a certain OS is simply not enough. You can't just take source from one architecure and expect it to compile on another... especially if we are talking about hardware limited machines. If it were that easy, there would be no development kits for PC to develop for Windows Mobile. That and Microsoft doesn't want you to use PocketPC Word instead of Microsoft Word even if the limited features suit your needs.
But can one choose the level of bloat on the Windows OS that came preinstalled on a machine?
Not really, Microsoft obviously don't want to give you that kind of control. Do also keep in mind that switching operating systems often means "obsoleting hardware". It doesn't matter if it's from Windows to Windows or from Windows to Linux or even from Linux to Windows. I have a PCMCIA SCSI card that has no drivers from the current versions of Windows, but works fine under Linux. There were a lot of people that lost their (parallel port) scanners during the 98 to XP switch because of lack of drivers. I have a few network cards that do not work in XP either (mostly ISA, but hey, I'm a packrat).
There is alway nLite, but that won't help you with a preinstalled machine.
All in all, I think you're starting to show bad faith. I've given you replies to all your questions, but you never seem satisfied and you just strengthen the requirements. If you really want to run 6 year old hardware, act accordingly. Otherwhise just run to your local store and buy a new machine. I bought a nice laptop just three months ago (before the release of Vista) for a mere 799€. A month later the same laptop was 695€. Not all too shabby for a Turion X2/1Gig RAM/120Gig harddisk. Sure Integrated graphics, but the thing won't be playin games anyway) Came with XP Media Center Edition. You can have much cheaper if going for a desktop.
Architectural differences my guess. Do you know a handheld with a x86 processor? I do not.
Besides, bloated? I used to run slackware on an P120/32Meg RAM with 2.4 kerel and WindowMaker. Ran just fine, which I couldn't say about Windows 95. (This was a while ago, when Windows 95 was still current) Heck, I used to run OS/2 Warp 3 on 486DX2-66/8Meg RAM and it ran infinetly better than Windows 95 on that machine.
You can choose the amount of bloat. Take Debian base, and add a lightweight Window Manger (like fluxbox, WindowMaker and many others) and just the applications you need.
My server is an AMD64 2800+ with 512Meg RAM. Do you want to know how much memory it uses? I'll tell you "Memory: Real: 38M/131M act/tot Free: 358M Swap: 0K/512M used/tot". It runs OpenBSD/amd64. You call 38Meg used bloated?
My workstation is an AMD Athlon MP (2 CPUs) with 4Gig RAM. Debian testing with gnome and some apps. Idle it uses a mere 200Meg. That said, WinXP used ~120Meg after bootup on the same machine...
You choose the bloat, my friend.... It's all up to you.
I understand... It's been a while since my operating system classes. Now, it's clear that upon loading a program there will be page faults. Only preloading will work there, but in essence you just avoid "page-faults" by doing them earlier.
However, with the oodles of RAM everyone has, I don't see a problem keeping the working sets large and only reduce them when the RAM is completely used. Many techniques are remnants of the memory-starved machines we had back in the day.
Now, page faults are indeed a form of I/O, but a page fault is technically seen just the fact that some memory required isn't in physical memory. I don't think the parent poster was talking about that. One of the most common reasons for page faults are simply that a block of memory has been swapped to disk, and then suddenly it is required, and as such the block of memory needs to be read into the physical memory.
I do not think that is true. Communism how it was executed in history is a bad thing, but the basic concept is okay. I think it would be great to live in a Utopian Communist society.
The reason why it can't work is greed. That said, while Capitalism bases itself on greed, it can have really adverse effects. Companies being treated as persons and all.
That said, I think that the song was very good... Form a musical standpoint as I do not understand Spansish and I didn't bother reading the translation.
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I'm 30 too, and I have been told that the American dream was "from dishwasher to millionaire". Now nowhere it states that you have to work hard for that, but I inherently assumed that. Probably my upbringing, I blame my parents. ;-)
Ah, but your reasoning does only work in a perfect free market where there are many manufacturers of a good and that the entry of market is easy. (The latter is clearly not the case in chip manufacturing) So, when one company goes down, another can pick up. New companies emerge all the time. This is economy 101.
The rules change dramatically when there are just two players and one of the players is a (relatively small) and the other is a behemoth. The small company can compete with excellence, true.... However, if it goes less good for a while, it collapses leaving behind a monopoly. Now, a monopoly isn't bad per-se, but with Intels track record (which is clearly stated in my original post), I don't trust them with a monopoly. (I wouldn't trust AMD with one either)
The status-quo is the best situation for the customer. If we lose the status quo for a monopoly we are screwed. I want to avoid that and voted with my dollar (euro actually)
That said: price was also a consideration (as also mentioned in my original post). As similar specced Core 2 Duo would have cost 200€ more for which I bought additional RAM. I also actually know my needs, unlike joe-sixpack. I know that a moderate speed laptop will serve me well. After all, it replaced a P-III 600MHz/512Meg RAM running WinXP Pro. Battery life is not too important to me as I always have a socket nearby....
The message I sent to AMD was: I am happy with your offering in low-cost laptop chip that gives me the power I need. The fact that I paid them, ensures to me that their R&D will get money for developing high-end chips that are good, and whose offspring will end up in the low-cost section where I shop. If I need a high-end chip, I will of course look at Intel, but I have no need for one! Most people have no need for one, but they don't realise it.
Everybody loves to gamble.
Ehm, you really shouldn't generalize like that. I for one do not like to gamble and actually never do. My sister has said to be that when she hears me saying "I bet that...", she never bets with me because I only say that when I'm 100% sure that I'm going to win. There is truth in that. I think gambling is a total and utter waste of money and is not fun at all.
I was more thinking of a native way ;-)
I'm going to stop arguing with you... You do not seem to react to reason.
Look at my sig. I have found P-IV class machines with 512Meg RAM in a dumpster. Totally spyware infested, but that isn't a problem for you is it? You can replace your hardware with hardware that you find in a fucking dumpster. That is as in for 0$.
Assuming that this is similar in the US, I hope at least. In my country speed limit on freeways is 130kmh (~80mph) or 110kmh(~69mph) when it's raining. Semis are only allowed 90kmh (~56mph) on Freeways.
Now, the law -as taught in driving education- states that you have to be able to drive 20kmh (~12mph) faster than the vehicle you try to pass (this is on every road, not only on the freeway). In essence, this means I can pass a semi going at its maximum speed, but I cannot pass someone driving 120kmh. Not that it's really observed, but I've never seen someone pass at +1kmh. Well, trucks sometimes do, but I do not get angry at them because being a truck driver is a high-stress job with tight scedules.
That said, one of the scariest things for a European driving in the United States is that vehicle can pass you at both sides. Here, passing on the right side of a car is equivalent to "high speeding" (+30kmh over speed limit) If you do that and get caught, you are going to see the judge at the court.
Finally, I drive a sporty car and I do drive at speed limits now too. It saves tons of gas...
They don't keep up to date, and they completely abandon "legacy" cards. Nvidia cards, however, have excellent drivers for linux, and always have.
I don't know what you call "Legacy", but NVidia has dropped support for the GeForce 256 and TNT range in their recent binary drivers. Sure, you can still download older builds, but you can hardly call them "supported" anymore....Same for Windows Vista. It doesn't seem that there is NVidia support for anything older than the FX line. I don't expect the standard Windows Vista drivers to do 3D acceleration either.
Do you think you can run a Core Solo fanless? Because if it can, I'd like to get my hands on one for my home server....
I agree with you statements. My dad is of the "old days" and frowns upon the newer generation. I do too, because what I learned from him. On the other hand, it is still perfectly possible to invest in the long term and get dividends. The only difference, is that you won't get really-really-fucking-rich which is what happens when you have a lucky streak with in what you just described. The old way is to secure yourself, the new way is to have a chance to get rich quick.
Somehow the American dream (if I understood it correctly as a European) to "make it" by hard work and perseverance has been replaced by "get rich quick". I might have misunderstood though.
I don't welcome them. The reason we got into the whole Pentium IV mess and that AMD kicked Intel in the balls with AMD64, is because Intel thought it was the only kid on the block and acted like it. Luckily, Intel wasn't the only kid on the block. (Talk about underestimating your competitors!)
If Intel drives AMD out of business, you can expect Intel to go bad again. Then, however, we, the customers are screwed.
That's why I bought an AMD Turion X2 laptop recently, well knowing that I sacrificed both performance and battery life. Okay, it was also significantly cheaper than the Intel offerings, but that was not my major decision point.
For those that don't know how to join files on Windows, it would be:
The /b parameter is very important because it indicates to join the files in binary format. That said, I do not know how to split files on Windows.
Well, on Windows I use 7Zip. It is registred to the following extentions 001, 7z, arj, bz2, cab, cpio, deb, gz, iso, rar, rpm, tar, z and zip. All those I have used worked just fine for decompression (meaning arj, bz2, gz, iso, rar, tar, z and zip) It can only create 7z, zip and tar though.
I don't use RAR, I use 7Zip. It seems to be able to open RAR files fine though. You cannot create them, but that's okay with me.
Go take a look at "Start" - "Programs" - "Administrative Tools" - "Performance". Bazillions of options to monitor I/O. Beats the Task Manager by miles.
You really think I don't know what I/O is and how varied it is.
Okay, now I didn't know about the OQO. The others with 8086 and 8088 are out of the question as they aren't even capable of multitasking. I knew that "in the old day" there were PC-compatible handhelds like the Atari Portfolio which I actually owned. Tablet PC's are no handhelds, they are full PC's in another form factor. As for the OLPC, you can't get one and it runs a non Windows operating system in the first place, bringing us exactly back to what I said in the last post.
Compiling an app for a certain OS is simply not enough. You can't just take source from one architecure and expect it to compile on another... especially if we are talking about hardware limited machines. If it were that easy, there would be no development kits for PC to develop for Windows Mobile. That and Microsoft doesn't want you to use PocketPC Word instead of Microsoft Word even if the limited features suit your needs.
But can one choose the level of bloat on the Windows OS that came preinstalled on a machine?
Not really, Microsoft obviously don't want to give you that kind of control. Do also keep in mind that switching operating systems often means "obsoleting hardware". It doesn't matter if it's from Windows to Windows or from Windows to Linux or even from Linux to Windows. I have a PCMCIA SCSI card that has no drivers from the current versions of Windows, but works fine under Linux. There were a lot of people that lost their (parallel port) scanners during the 98 to XP switch because of lack of drivers. I have a few network cards that do not work in XP either (mostly ISA, but hey, I'm a packrat).
There is alway nLite, but that won't help you with a preinstalled machine.
All in all, I think you're starting to show bad faith. I've given you replies to all your questions, but you never seem satisfied and you just strengthen the requirements. If you really want to run 6 year old hardware, act accordingly. Otherwhise just run to your local store and buy a new machine. I bought a nice laptop just three months ago (before the release of Vista) for a mere 799€. A month later the same laptop was 695€. Not all too shabby for a Turion X2/1Gig RAM/120Gig harddisk. Sure Integrated graphics, but the thing won't be playin games anyway) Came with XP Media Center Edition. You can have much cheaper if going for a desktop.
Architectural differences my guess. Do you know a handheld with a x86 processor? I do not.
Besides, bloated? I used to run slackware on an P120/32Meg RAM with 2.4 kerel and WindowMaker. Ran just fine, which I couldn't say about Windows 95. (This was a while ago, when Windows 95 was still current) Heck, I used to run OS/2 Warp 3 on 486DX2-66/8Meg RAM and it ran infinetly better than Windows 95 on that machine.
You can choose the amount of bloat. Take Debian base, and add a lightweight Window Manger (like fluxbox, WindowMaker and many others) and just the applications you need.
My server is an AMD64 2800+ with 512Meg RAM. Do you want to know how much memory it uses? I'll tell you "Memory: Real: 38M/131M act/tot Free: 358M Swap: 0K/512M used/tot". It runs OpenBSD/amd64. You call 38Meg used bloated?
My workstation is an AMD Athlon MP (2 CPUs) with 4Gig RAM. Debian testing with gnome and some apps. Idle it uses a mere 200Meg. That said, WinXP used ~120Meg after bootup on the same machine...
You choose the bloat, my friend.... It's all up to you.
Handheld devices also run applications and operating systems that were desigend for them....
I understand... It's been a while since my operating system classes. Now, it's clear that upon loading a program there will be page faults. Only preloading will work there, but in essence you just avoid "page-faults" by doing them earlier.
However, with the oodles of RAM everyone has, I don't see a problem keeping the working sets large and only reduce them when the RAM is completely used. Many techniques are remnants of the memory-starved machines we had back in the day.
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I'm a satisfied customer there...
Now, page faults are indeed a form of I/O, but a page fault is technically seen just the fact that some memory required isn't in physical memory. I don't think the parent poster was talking about that. One of the most common reasons for page faults are simply that a block of memory has been swapped to disk, and then suddenly it is required, and as such the block of memory needs to be read into the physical memory.
I'd say: add some memory to that box of yours.
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If I had the power, you'd get a +5,Insightful. Thank you for the post.
You call that not safe for work? You have issues dude... (And I read the text, the cops just waived and laughed...)
I did not see it that way, but you have indeed a point. My family pretty much works like that.
Exactly. You have to admire the man that he sticks to his principles. That's not something everybody can say.
I do not think that is true. Communism how it was executed in history is a bad thing, but the basic concept is okay. I think it would be great to live in a Utopian Communist society.
The reason why it can't work is greed. That said, while Capitalism bases itself on greed, it can have really adverse effects. Companies being treated as persons and all.
That said, I think that the song was very good... Form a musical standpoint as I do not understand Spansish and I didn't bother reading the translation.