They do keep old versions around for a while. Except for eBooks (which can easily be cracked and converted to PDF), Acrobat Reader 5.1 is pretty good. However, avoid Adobe Reader 6.0 at all costs.
mediapartners-google is the Google AdSense system, and yahoo-newscrawler must be Yahoo's news system, which might be used by Google, seeing as they get/. news fairly quick.
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Simple. Acceleration is a change in velocity (which is speed AND direction), not an increase in speed. Basically, if you're moving, you're pulling Gs. When that number of Gs changes, you're accelerating. Negative acceleration (reduction in Gs) is what is commonly known as deceleration.
Most estimates place Banias at 14 stages. AFAIK, the other P6 CPUs have a 10 stage pipeline, Williamette/Northwood/Gallatin have a 20 stage pipeline, and Prescott has a 30 stage pipeline.
Just make the multicore chips lie to Windows, and say that they're HyperThreading chips. Windows will run on it like it's two CPUs, though it's on a one-CPU license (note - this stunt doesn't work in 2K, as it doesn't recognize HT for what it is, but the editions of Win2K/XP I think you're talking about support two CPUs anyway), and there's nothing to worry about. Just don't let Intel HT the cores...
I thought it just ran one CPU. BTW, WinXP and WS2K3 think of HT in the kernel as a second CPU, but in the licensing system as part of the first. However, Win2K was made before HyperThreading even came out, and two HT CPUs can't be run in HT mode on 2K Pro - it'll detect 4 CPUs, and only CPU0 and CPU1 (the HT part of CPU0) will be used.
Actually, I think you're not quite right on only NT series Servers supporting SMP.
Why else would I see stickers saying stuff like "Windows 2000 Professional 1-2 CPU" and "Windows XP Professional 1-2 CPU" on computers that ship with those OSes?
8086: 16 bit internal/16 bit bus CPU, first x86 8087: Math Co for 808x x86 CPUs 8088: 16 bit internal/8 bit bus CPU, first popular x86 80186: Enhanced 8086 80187: 8087 modified for 8018x 80188: Enhanced 8088 80286: 80186 with memory protection 80287: Math Co for 80286 80386 DX (technically, 80386): 32 bit internal/32 bit bus CPU 80387: Math Co for 80386 series 80386 SX (technically, 80388): 32 bit internal/16 bit bus CPU 80486 DX: 386DX with integrated cache controller, math co 80486 SX: 486DX without math co 80487: 486DX for a second socket on 486SX board, disables the SX Pentium (technically, 80586): 32 bit internal/64 bit bus CPU, adds pipelining P6 (consists of Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, P2 Xeon, P3 Xeon, Slot 1 and Socket 370 Celerons, and Pentium/Celeron M, technically, 80686): 32/64, adds RISC86 NetBurst (consists of Pentium 4, Xeon, Pentium 4-M, Socket 423/478 Celerons, technically, 80786): 32/64 or 128, lengthens the pipelines drastically
About 5GHz is the upper limit for processors running on EXPERIMENTAL technology available currently. The Pentium-M performs as well as the P4, but at MUCH lower clock speeds, which also means lower heat.
The long pipelines allow higher clock speeds (shorter paths for current to flow down) at the expense of Instructions Per Clock (for a very rough estimate of the efficiency of a CPU, multiply clock speed * IPC).
Longer battery life on laptops: It does mean lower power consumption on desktops too - lower power bill.
Silent PCs: While the fan is loud, the lower heat of the P-M makes it easier to get rid of the fan.
Longer lifetime of the processor: Hmm, the PMMX only puts out ~10W, right (my P233MMX has a heatsink w/fan, but could easily be passively cooled)? Well, the P4 puts out between 80 and 103W. The P-M consumes ~23W - which puts the power consumption MUCH lower than the NetBurst CPUs.
I guess it's time to buy a share of IBM, and grab a Visa card;-)... BTW, I'd recommend it just on specs and brand reputation - that 1GHz P-M would probably put up a good fight against a 2GHz P4 (desktop or mobile), and blow that Transmeta away as much as, oh, the A64 blows the P4 away.
From define:litigious: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" (emphasis mine)
From Dictionary.com (bastard). Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.
I would say the RIAA fits that description.
BTW, removing it wouldn't really ruin my sig - it would give more room to put notices of what's in my journal.
It was because the processor they chose had a 1MB address space, and they had to have room for hardware (look at the Apple II/II+ memory map, and see why there's only 48K RAM max).
AFAIK, it was "640k ought to be enough for anyone today". I used to have it in my sig (the uncorrected version), but someone told me that he never said it in that context, and I removed it.
Your 17" can run 1600x1200? CRT (assuming this from the price)? Damn, mine can only do 1280x1024@60Hz... However, it WAS free (saved from the dumpster - it had a hairline crack in the plastic)
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They do keep old versions around for a while. Except for eBooks (which can easily be cracked and converted to PDF), Acrobat Reader 5.1 is pretty good. However, avoid Adobe Reader 6.0 at all costs.
mediapartners-google is the Google AdSense system, and yahoo-newscrawler must be Yahoo's news system, which might be used by Google, seeing as they get /. news fairly quick.
No, the previous article was rumor, this is Intel confirming it.
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Simple. Acceleration is a change in velocity (which is speed AND direction), not an increase in speed. Basically, if you're moving, you're pulling Gs. When that number of Gs changes, you're accelerating. Negative acceleration (reduction in Gs) is what is commonly known as deceleration.
Most estimates place Banias at 14 stages. AFAIK, the other P6 CPUs have a 10 stage pipeline, Williamette/Northwood/Gallatin have a 20 stage pipeline, and Prescott has a 30 stage pipeline.
They'll market the Celeron M line.
Just make the multicore chips lie to Windows, and say that they're HyperThreading chips. Windows will run on it like it's two CPUs, though it's on a one-CPU license (note - this stunt doesn't work in 2K, as it doesn't recognize HT for what it is, but the editions of Win2K/XP I think you're talking about support two CPUs anyway), and there's nothing to worry about. Just don't let Intel HT the cores...
I thought it just ran one CPU. BTW, WinXP and WS2K3 think of HT in the kernel as a second CPU, but in the licensing system as part of the first. However, Win2K was made before HyperThreading even came out, and two HT CPUs can't be run in HT mode on 2K Pro - it'll detect 4 CPUs, and only CPU0 and CPU1 (the HT part of CPU0) will be used.
Actually, I think you're not quite right on only NT series Servers supporting SMP.
Why else would I see stickers saying stuff like "Windows 2000 Professional 1-2 CPU" and "Windows XP Professional 1-2 CPU" on computers that ship with those OSes?
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Gahhh... bad math... 100KHz...
I was basing it on a 18 multiplier, derived from a 1.8GHz CPU, but a 2.0GHz CPU would have a 20 multiplier...
Here's some confusion clearing info:
8086: 16 bit internal/16 bit bus CPU, first x86
8087: Math Co for 808x x86 CPUs
8088: 16 bit internal/8 bit bus CPU, first popular x86
80186: Enhanced 8086
80187: 8087 modified for 8018x
80188: Enhanced 8088
80286: 80186 with memory protection
80287: Math Co for 80286
80386 DX (technically, 80386): 32 bit internal/32 bit bus CPU
80387: Math Co for 80386 series
80386 SX (technically, 80388): 32 bit internal/16 bit bus CPU
80486 DX: 386DX with integrated cache controller, math co
80486 SX: 486DX without math co
80487: 486DX for a second socket on 486SX board, disables the SX
Pentium (technically, 80586): 32 bit internal/64 bit bus CPU, adds pipelining
P6 (consists of Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, P2 Xeon, P3 Xeon, Slot 1 and Socket 370 Celerons, and Pentium/Celeron M, technically, 80686): 32/64, adds RISC86
NetBurst (consists of Pentium 4, Xeon, Pentium 4-M, Socket 423/478 Celerons, technically, 80786): 32/64 or 128, lengthens the pipelines drastically
Sept(ic)ium: 786 (NetBurst)
That's an FSB of... 111.1_KHz...
About 5GHz is the upper limit for processors running on EXPERIMENTAL technology available currently. The Pentium-M performs as well as the P4, but at MUCH lower clock speeds, which also means lower heat.
The long pipelines allow higher clock speeds (shorter paths for current to flow down) at the expense of Instructions Per Clock (for a very rough estimate of the efficiency of a CPU, multiply clock speed * IPC).
Let me tear down a few things on YOUR post:
Longer battery life on laptops:
It does mean lower power consumption on desktops too - lower power bill.
Silent PCs:
While the fan is loud, the lower heat of the P-M makes it easier to get rid of the fan.
Longer lifetime of the processor:
Hmm, the PMMX only puts out ~10W, right (my P233MMX has a heatsink w/fan, but could easily be passively cooled)? Well, the P4 puts out between 80 and 103W. The P-M consumes ~23W - which puts the power consumption MUCH lower than the NetBurst CPUs.
I guess it's time to buy a share of IBM, and grab a Visa card ;-)... BTW, I'd recommend it just on specs and brand reputation - that 1GHz P-M would probably put up a good fight against a 2GHz P4 (desktop or mobile), and blow that Transmeta away as much as, oh, the A64 blows the P4 away.
Did you misunderstand the guy's saying that he didn't want a bag of USB addons?
From define:litigious:
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" (emphasis mine)
From Dictionary.com (bastard).
Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.
I would say the RIAA fits that description.
BTW, removing it wouldn't really ruin my sig - it would give more room to put notices of what's in my journal.
It was because the processor they chose had a 1MB address space, and they had to have room for hardware (look at the Apple II/II+ memory map, and see why there's only 48K RAM max).
AFAIK, it was "640k ought to be enough for anyone today". I used to have it in my sig (the uncorrected version), but someone told me that he never said it in that context, and I removed it.
Your 17" can run 1600x1200? CRT (assuming this from the price)? Damn, mine can only do 1280x1024@60Hz... However, it WAS free (saved from the dumpster - it had a hairline crack in the plastic)
I think you misunderstood. That was just one frame from the demo. She kicks (as TR called it) NVninja butt, too.
Read the TR review. It's the 6800 Ultra Extreme, not 6850 Ultra, and it has the same 480W power requirement and the same two slot cooler.