Also interestingly, the most expensive desktop part will start at $317, putting the screws to AMD yet again
I don't see any screws. The business analysts at Intel determined the "correct" price based on the performance of the chip. AMD's most expensive desktop CPU is $265. About 17% less than the i7-2600K. The graphs I'm looking at on Anandtech right now show this to be about in line with the performance delta between these 2 CPUs.
Intel has almost always had an idiotically-priced Extreme Edition CPU at $999 (or $500, or some other price that will ensure worldwide sales can be measured in dozens). They didn't do that in this round, but they didn't price these chips at a level that makes AMD not worthy of consideration.
Bring on Bulldozer!
AMD missed opportunity for mobile computing, they could use their CPU and GPU expertise and create chips for killing phones/pads.
They only missed the opportunity in the sense that the Brazos platform is not quite out yet. This combination will kill pads and the derivatives may kill phones.
The computer will be unusable, but the hard drive will still be there, full of your data!
I'm glad to see you have come out of your 5-year coma. Let me welcome you back with a tale about encrypted laptop drives that have come into being in that time. Which would you like to hear about first -- hardware- or software-based options?
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Those LCDs that have been running for 9 years probably cost over $1000. Look how the Wal-mart mentality has driven down the price of LCDs today. I can get a 19" LCD for UNDER $100!!! but, importantly, with only a 1-year warranty. There is no way the components could be a comparable quality in the throwaway units on the shelf today.
Add to that the fact that it appears half the population doesn't know how to pronounce "libre" or even what it means and it's hard to see how this change can help rather than hurt.
Fortunately, everyone knows how to pronounce it thanks to that Jack Black movie nobody saw (Nacho Libre). Unfortunately, the "hurt rather than help" theme continues.
You're not understanding the general sentiment here that it is preferable for moronic parents to take their 6 year old to a fucking horror film than it is for the government to enforce parenting values through laws. The latter brings baggage we'd be better off without.
It wasn't quite as you say - remember, young Roland was in possession of the horn in the reset that occurs at the end of the final book. It gives the reader hope that the outcome may be different on the subsequent attempt.
I appreciated that detail, but I realize I'm one of a tiny minority of fans that liked the ending.
I realize not everyone runs RAID 5 on their PC, but I do and for maximum convenience and cooling, convert 2 of those bays into 3-drive hot-swappable goodness.
There is a large fan behind the drives which keeps drive temperatures very low (especially since I've only got single-platter 500GB Seagates in there).
This is a MUCH better option than multiple single-slot 5.25" trays with their tiny fans and lousy cooling.
I'm pretty sure this manufacturer does even larger units occupying 3 bays (RAID 10 anyone?)
um, except most boards have crap sound, so you must get a decent sound card.
*Citation needed...
This hasn't been true for years outside the realm of audiophiles and audio engineers. The company best known for "decent sound cards" (Creative Labs) are money-grubbing scum I'd rather not support either.
The difference is not as stark as your implies. The AMA is very protective of the tiny minority of incompetent doctors responsible for the lion's share of malpractice lawsuits. Even among MD's there are those that game the "certification" system to gain entry into a career they are not qualified for.
As much as I'd like to share in your despair, there are always new starry-eyed idealists coming right up behind the generation that now has a day-job and kids. You may tell them to get off your lawn, but they will always be an important force in the world.
Not only that, because replacing an FRU that is covered under warranty costs the OEM money (on-site tech or RMA) you can expect pretty high quality and life expectancy from the most common components to fail (PSU, hard drive, motherboard).
News aggregators are another great example. They don't produce anything. Just gather up the pieces, perhaps in a unique way, display them on a page with lots of ads, and get paid basically for producing not one iota of content.
Presenting the pieces in a unique and useful way IS the product. Subpar news aggregators fail due to lack of viewers while sites that have figured out appealing ways to do this (Slashdot, Digg, Reddit and plenty more) get the eyeballs.
You praise Microsoft for "running on any hardware" while that is the vendors' drivers responsibility (and open standards such as SATA, PCI, USB). At least Apple owns the driver quality themselves ensuring OSX does not have problems like those seen when Vista was young.
While you sit and wait for OSX to work on "more than a handful of hardware configurations" to "take it seriously", Microsoft themselves have identified Apple as a clear and present danger for several years now and are scrambling to catch up (and failing often, witness Zune for example).
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Also interestingly, the most expensive desktop part will start at $317, putting the screws to AMD yet again
I don't see any screws. The business analysts at Intel determined the "correct" price based on the performance of the chip. AMD's most expensive desktop CPU is $265. About 17% less than the i7-2600K. The graphs I'm looking at on Anandtech right now show this to be about in line with the performance delta between these 2 CPUs.
Intel has almost always had an idiotically-priced Extreme Edition CPU at $999 (or $500, or some other price that will ensure worldwide sales can be measured in dozens). They didn't do that in this round, but they didn't price these chips at a level that makes AMD not worthy of consideration. Bring on Bulldozer!
AMD missed opportunity for mobile computing, they could use their CPU and GPU expertise and create chips for killing phones/pads.
They only missed the opportunity in the sense that the Brazos platform is not quite out yet. This combination will kill pads and the derivatives may kill phones.
Thanks for the data point, but I hardly think your inbox is a valid sample size compared to the Commtouch data.
You're going to have to provide some evidence of such speeds in a real-world usage scenario.
Hardware review site benchmark porn is less than useless.
The computer will be unusable, but the hard drive will still be there, full of your data!
I'm glad to see you have come out of your 5-year coma. Let me welcome you back with a tale about encrypted laptop drives that have come into being in that time. Which would you like to hear about first -- hardware- or software-based options?
Those LCDs that have been running for 9 years probably cost over $1000. Look how the Wal-mart mentality has driven down the price of LCDs today. I can get a 19" LCD for UNDER $100!!! but, importantly, with only a 1-year warranty. There is no way the components could be a comparable quality in the throwaway units on the shelf today.
If you think the web is a bloated mess now, just wait until you see the hardware the sci-fi-future web will bring to it's knees!
1280x1024 is still very widely available (and very cheap, barely over $100)
1600x1200 is getting harder to find though - the finest desktop resolution I have ever worked in.
No, they have been taken over by economies of scale for consumer demand in LCD panel resolution.
1920x1200 and 1680x1050 (and 4:3) are still available but you're gonna pay extra for it.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Do your research for this feature and rotate your monitor 90 degrees.
As if the whole world doesn't have a collective hard-on for engineers...
You don't seem to be familiar with society in the USA.
Add to that the fact that it appears half the population doesn't know how to pronounce "libre" or even what it means and it's hard to see how this change can help rather than hurt.
Fortunately, everyone knows how to pronounce it thanks to that Jack Black movie nobody saw (Nacho Libre). Unfortunately, the "hurt rather than help" theme continues.
Hand-delivery unlikely. That chair is getting sent by air mail!
You're not understanding the general sentiment here that it is preferable for moronic parents to take their 6 year old to a fucking horror film than it is for the government to enforce parenting values through laws. The latter brings baggage we'd be better off without.
It wasn't quite as you say - remember, young Roland was in possession of the horn in the reset that occurs at the end of the final book. It gives the reader hope that the outcome may be different on the subsequent attempt.
I appreciated that detail, but I realize I'm one of a tiny minority of fans that liked the ending.
I realize not everyone runs RAID 5 on their PC, but I do and for maximum convenience and cooling, convert 2 of those bays into 3-drive hot-swappable goodness.
http://www.istarusa.com/rackmount_chassis/product/BPU-230SATA/2x5.25_inch_to_3x3.5_inch_SATA2.0_Hot-Swap_Backplane_Raid_Cage.aspx
There is a large fan behind the drives which keeps drive temperatures very low (especially since I've only got single-platter 500GB Seagates in there).
This is a MUCH better option than multiple single-slot 5.25" trays with their tiny fans and lousy cooling.
I'm pretty sure this manufacturer does even larger units occupying 3 bays (RAID 10 anyone?)
You can add DFI to that list but it won't get much future reference. They are out of the motherboard market.
um, except most boards have crap sound, so you must get a decent sound card.
*Citation needed...
This hasn't been true for years outside the realm of audiophiles and audio engineers. The company best known for "decent sound cards" (Creative Labs) are money-grubbing scum I'd rather not support either.
Going over your data cap will result in the drowning of your poor pigeon! Use low-bandwidth protocols!
The difference is not as stark as your implies. The AMA is very protective of the tiny minority of incompetent doctors responsible for the lion's share of malpractice lawsuits. Even among MD's there are those that game the "certification" system to gain entry into a career they are not qualified for.
As much as I'd like to share in your despair, there are always new starry-eyed idealists coming right up behind the generation that now has a day-job and kids. You may tell them to get off your lawn, but they will always be an important force in the world.
A Better Question is how am I going to hook up my legacy scsi array?
A legacy system.
A better Answer is copy data to non-legacy devices
Not only that, because replacing an FRU that is covered under warranty costs the OEM money (on-site tech or RMA) you can expect pretty high quality and life expectancy from the most common components to fail (PSU, hard drive, motherboard).
See Dell Optiplex or HP Elite.
News aggregators are another great example. They don't produce anything. Just gather up the pieces, perhaps in a unique way, display them on a page with lots of ads, and get paid basically for producing not one iota of content.
Presenting the pieces in a unique and useful way IS the product. Subpar news aggregators fail due to lack of viewers while sites that have figured out appealing ways to do this (Slashdot, Digg, Reddit and plenty more) get the eyeballs.
You praise Microsoft for "running on any hardware" while that is the vendors' drivers responsibility (and open standards such as SATA, PCI, USB). At least Apple owns the driver quality themselves ensuring OSX does not have problems like those seen when Vista was young.
While you sit and wait for OSX to work on "more than a handful of hardware configurations" to "take it seriously", Microsoft themselves have identified Apple as a clear and present danger for several years now and are scrambling to catch up (and failing often, witness Zune for example).