I would tend to agree with this evaluation. I have a semi old computer (P3 733) and use Yahoo as my primary webmail, the new interface is noticably slower, taking a few seconds to load versus the nearly instant loading of the old one. The fact that Yahoo also generally has animated flash ads running means leaving the window open isn't that great an option either. In contrast, gmail seems to load considerably faster, seems more responsive to my clicks, and has no flash ads.
Inertia is what's keeping me with Yahoo as my primary webmail, but if I had a fresh start, I'd probably go with gmail.
A good example of this is Google Translate, which is considered one of the better translation programs and is essentially an advanced neural net that was fed a huge wad of data to train from.
While Google does have a program that's working on machine learning and neural net approaches to translation (I'm assuming you attended one of the talks where they mentioned it), when they mentioned it last year they said they were not yet using it with Google Translate, which uses a more conventional approach. It'll be interesting to see when they make the switch.
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Of course, if you already have your PS3 (like your comment suggests you do), you can still do so. Have fun!
I would tend to agree with this evaluation. I have a semi old computer (P3 733) and use Yahoo as my primary webmail, the new interface is noticably slower, taking a few seconds to load versus the nearly instant loading of the old one. The fact that Yahoo also generally has animated flash ads running means leaving the window open isn't that great an option either. In contrast, gmail seems to load considerably faster, seems more responsive to my clicks, and has no flash ads.
Inertia is what's keeping me with Yahoo as my primary webmail, but if I had a fresh start, I'd probably go with gmail.