i am just wondering what is this story doing on slashdot? there have been far too many m$ related stories on/. for my liking. as i see it, you either upgrade to winxp or you don't. from many of the posts it is obvious that many people don't have a clue what winxp is but they just flame away. i have been using rc1 for a while and i don't have any problems with it - all my software / games work and i see no real difference in speed compared to w2k. instead of trying to boycott m$, why don't all you guys get involved in oss developement and give the world a reason to switch to opensource. after all, what's the use in having 10 window managers in a linux distro if the average joe cannot use it daily for their productivity needs. i am a avid supporter of opensource (linux, freebsd, openbsd) but in my opinion windows still has the upper hand in certain applications. just my 2 cents...
I'll bet that if Linus wasn't involved with Transmeta, many people would have dimissed the crusoe chip as vapourware/fud. Let's be realistic though. Transmeta doesn't really stand a chance against the empire. I can imagine that Intel's marketing drones will have a field day with the marketing of these new chips. Intel has a stronghold on the pc market that won't be easy to break - some people does not even trust the chips from AMD yet, because they have been conditioned over the years that intel inside (tm) (r)... is the only way to go. My point with all of this is that it all boils down to successfull marketing - it's like those additives that you add to your car's engine oil. Many people have their doubts about the real merits of the product, but are swayed by the marketing campaign to buy the stuff.
Intel : if we make it they will buy...
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i am just wondering what is this story doing on slashdot? there have been far too many m$ related stories on /. for my liking. as i see it, you either upgrade to winxp or you don't. from many of the posts it is obvious that many people don't have a clue what winxp is but they just flame away. i have been using rc1 for a while and i don't have any problems with it - all my software / games work and i see no real difference in speed compared to w2k. instead of trying to boycott m$, why don't all you guys get involved in oss developement and give the world a reason to switch to opensource. after all, what's the use in having 10 window managers in a linux distro if the average joe cannot use it daily for their productivity needs. i am a avid supporter of opensource (linux, freebsd, openbsd) but in my opinion windows still has the upper hand in certain applications. just my 2 cents...
I'll bet that if Linus wasn't involved with Transmeta, many people would have dimissed the crusoe chip as vapourware/fud. Let's be realistic though. Transmeta doesn't really stand a chance against the empire. I can imagine that Intel's marketing drones will have a field day with the marketing of these new chips. Intel has a stronghold on the pc market that won't be easy to break - some people does not even trust the chips from AMD yet, because they have been conditioned over the years that intel inside (tm) (r) ... is the only way to go. My point with all of this is that it all boils down to successfull marketing - it's like those additives that you add to your car's engine oil. Many people have their doubts about the real merits of the product, but are swayed by the marketing campaign to buy the stuff.
Intel : if we make it they will buy...
have you read the article? didn't it say 500mhz?
no one can be told how fast the pentium 4 is. you have to test it for yourself