You are right that comparing MHz-for Mhz doesn't make sense, but what the original poster said was that the 700 MHz chip attains the performance of a 500 MHz Pentium. That sucks, right? Who wants to buy a chip with that level of relative performance?
What most people are missing is that the major advantage of Crusoe is its really simple VLIW hardware. On current x86 processors, the issue logic (which a VLIW doesn't have) takes up a substantial portion of the chip area. By removing that extra hardware, VLIW chips can be smaller and faster. The point is that while a 700 MHz chip with the performance of a 500MHz chip doesn't sound so great, just think about when Intel tops out with 1.2 GHz and Transmeta can still crank up the speed (2 GHz, more?) Then, even with a 20% performance hit, the Crusoe still outruns the fastest Pentium.
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Indeed. I liken the effect to an OB-GYN doctor who isn't interested in sex when he goes home at night.
http://www.vdare.com/sailer/kerry_iq_lower.htm/
E-filing is not free. They just let you print out your return and send it in. It is $8 to actually e-file. And what about state taxes?
Star Office can do this. And it should be able to do a good job of importing your current slides.
http://www.sun.com/staroffice
You are right that comparing MHz-for Mhz doesn't make sense, but what the original poster said was that the 700 MHz chip attains the performance of a 500 MHz Pentium. That sucks, right? Who wants to buy a chip with that level of relative performance?
What most people are missing is that the major advantage of Crusoe is its really simple VLIW hardware. On current x86 processors, the issue logic (which a VLIW doesn't have) takes up a substantial portion of the chip area. By removing that extra hardware, VLIW chips can be smaller and faster.
The point is that while a 700 MHz chip with the performance of a 500MHz chip doesn't sound so great, just think about when Intel tops out with 1.2 GHz and Transmeta can still crank up the speed (2 GHz, more?) Then, even with a 20% performance hit, the Crusoe still outruns the fastest Pentium.