Currently, some of the Celeron D's are just Pentium 4's with a bank of L2 cache disabled (presumably because that bank didn't pass quality control). I have yet to hear of anyone who has managed to reenable the bank and get themselves a full blown P4 out of it.
I just bought a Celeron D for 100$ less then the "same" P4 Prescot CPU.I had before lots of Researching like "Power or Money Saving".As I already know,older P4's are somewhat "disabled" to get Celerons out of it.So I like the Direction Intel give you with this kind of "Mod".And I accept it.
But I wont accept 5 defective Signal Wires in a new CPU,if it makes me unable to work!
I have had the luck to use a 3Ware 2Port IDE-Raid-1 Card some weeks ago.As a mid-educated-Computer User,i had no Problems to create and use the Raid1-Array.A few keystrokes there,a few clicks somehwere else and i was ready to install Windows 2000 on the 2 Drives.
So now Raid-Solutions might not be complicated,was my first thought.After klicking to the 32Page-Raid "Guide" and reading this Slashdot-Topic,i thought wrong.Many People are struggling without knowlege in deep waters.They pay high Amounts of Dollars,only to find out,that Raid-Controller "X" is not supported in "Linux.XY" or that some (serios) Bugs make the huge Pile of "highend-highmoney-Waste" unusable.For them,i think,a Arena-Raid-Box (these Black Boxes with a Ethernet-Port,which provide Raid to someone) was better.
I hope or i pray,that nobody just buy this,because it looks so good...I hope,they have a serios Use for it.
Most of the things a company does,wasn't learned in schools.Only the Basic Education are provided there.But it is not the Task to teach somebody how to do Things 10 Years upfront.The People itself have to educate themselfs AFTER the school!
Living on the edge of nowhere,i have to learn all the time,since i started working 10 Years ago.So if the company goes poof,i could search for jobs needing other skills.
Saying "Unfortunately they don't offer what we are looking for and as a result have lost about a $30,000 purchase." is IMHO stupid.Even if they offer you things you want,you will always find a point to not buy from them (e.g. others are cheaper or so).Your "real" Meaning shines directly between the lines.Dell dont offer AMD since they started 10 years ago(?).Saying,they lost Money on things they never offered or will be offering,is just no good.Just look elsewhere,it is just that easy and dont complain here.
Since Toyoto never offered a H1 Hummer-like Vehicle,saying they lost 100k$ on a lost Sales,makes you or me look stupid.
I live in the Present and constructing something in the Future (if they sell AMD,i would buy from them),shows a new "Style of Life",i discovered.It basicly says" i am too stupid and blame others for things they wont do or they make".
I hope this will end soon.
There are some CD-Changers,made for PCs for say 100CDs.But they cost new like 3000$ and used 900$ with 500$ Shipping "over the sea" +Taxes.For this Amount,i could better build another PC with 3 Disks.Yes,playing DJ loading and unloading 300 CD might be a nightmare,but you have it do do only 1 Time (with a Raid5-Box).Also you might have already 2 PCs and buying another 2-3 external USB-CD-Drives for loading,might help you with this boring task.
I have sold 500 Seagate Drives.Ether they were DOA (broken by the shipping carier)or just work.Just like "Sie geht oder sie geht nicht"-"It just works or not".
Sorry,i am stuck with Intel.Maybe the Point,that all my Systems get used days and weeks without reboot.On Friday a friend brought his PC to my house.It served Music for our inhouse-Party since them.
Sure, and then you've got little boxes with cables draped all over the tabletop.
If you bought extra long cables,you could arange it,out of reach.So,i dont see the Problem.
I have two external Disks with long cables and i wont trip over it.
I've got an old eMachine P3 500Mhz happily running Linux and I believe this box is still capable of doing real work. Sadly, the mindset we all seem to share is that that old box is too, well, old and too slow. So corporate environments buy newer and bigger machines. Why? So our little automation tasks can running a little faster?
No,the new Machine will more like 10 Times faster.Its true.A old Pentium II 400,which i have own,needed 5 Hours to encode MP3.My new Machine (with Celeron 2000Mhz overclocked) will encode in twice the realtime of the Song.So are the uses in Corporate Enviroments.The new Webserver will serve 1 Mio. Hits,the old one only 50000.Then the Company have to upgrade.Also on old Systems,the hardisk or the Powersupply will be more a Risk to fail and then,where to get this old AT-Style PS?
That is what happend in the world today.
You are stuck with the Cheap World of Walmart.Look onto yourself.Do you really need the cheap DVD-Player from them or will a more expensive one better in the long run?Will a cheap Jeans a good deal,if it lasts only 2 month or a "Levis" for 5times the Money,better which lasts One Year and will still be wearable?I could not see the Need for living with the cheap stuff all the time.More Things for the Money is not always better.I rather have 5 Pair of Socks which last 1 Year,then 20 Pair which will be worn out after some month.It is like living on the edge of the Consumer World.Nobody will throw you out,if you dont act like they wanted (buy,buy,buy).I was at Walmart 3 Years ago and i dont have the feeling i miss something.I go to the small supermarkets here.They dont have 5 different Brands of sliced bread,but i never will starve,if i only could buy one brand...
It will give you Headaches each time,you use it.Why not buy something for a litte more and get a Dell/HP/IBM and most Problems are gone.Remember the plastic hinges.These are the most breakable Part.Also the Display may be of lower Quality.And the Fan spin often,which might be a bad thing if your on a train or in a libary.Also labeled Notebooks are ready to try out in Stores.On Walmart you buy cardboxes and never could try out the keyboard.Thats why i stay within the Brands.
No,are you serios?
Say,with Yahoo Launch i can get a ton of Music legally and for no fee and my Computer dont have to stay on for 24/7/365.And still no subscribtion and no huge Bandwith Bill for let sucking others on your PC.
These are 5 Points for Yahoo and 0 Points for Mercora.
Hate seeing 5 Million burned so easy:-(
When the RIAA notice them,they are gone Puff...
The orginal Win95 does not support the Inferface,as i remember.
For better Understanding take this:500 Customers pay 50$ for the Programm,earning about 25000$ in 2002.
Now Intuit look after the Programm and found out,supporting this Feature costs them 30000$ each Year.
Then you are crazy,when do you dont cut them of,and support this any longer.
Its no "Microsoft or Intuit is evil".Its only how long can they survive spending Money for nothing...
I don't see the Problem.Any Software Vendor could allow or deny some features.Maybe keeping this Feature working,costs more (in Upgrades or Patches),then developing of New Software.I could understand them for doing this.Also,how many User are working with this "old" Version?
Will Upgrades bring you any Advantage?In these Case maybe not,but in other Cases surely!Remember Windows 95 and no USB working?Now with W2K or XP,you just plug any USB-Hardrive and Bingo!200Gigs of Storage in 5 Minutes.
With a little "this and that" i am around 3 GB/month.
Means "Webcasts,Drivers,Shareware,Radio Streams".
Thats 9,95$ for 1MB/384kb with a 5GB Cap.
I could use 8Mbit Bandwith with 500GB Cap.But with a little self control,i am really not feel that i miss something when i download anything other like Porn.
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I just bought a Celeron D for 100$ less then the "same" P4 Prescot CPU.I had before lots of Researching like "Power or Money Saving".As I already know,older P4's are somewhat "disabled" to get Celerons out of it.So I like the Direction Intel give you with this kind of "Mod".And I accept it. But I wont accept 5 defective Signal Wires in a new CPU,if it makes me unable to work!
I have had the luck to use a 3Ware 2Port IDE-Raid-1 Card some weeks ago.As a mid-educated-Computer User,i had no Problems to create and use the Raid1-Array.A few keystrokes there,a few clicks somehwere else and i was ready to install Windows 2000 on the 2 Drives.
So now Raid-Solutions might not be complicated,was my first thought.After klicking to the 32Page-Raid "Guide" and reading this Slashdot-Topic,i thought wrong.Many People are struggling without knowlege in deep waters.They pay high Amounts of Dollars,only to find out,that Raid-Controller "X" is not supported in "Linux.XY" or that some (serios) Bugs make the huge Pile of "highend-highmoney-Waste" unusable.For them,i think,a Arena-Raid-Box (these Black Boxes with a Ethernet-Port,which provide Raid to someone) was better.
I hope or i pray,that nobody just buy this,because it looks so good...I hope,they have a serios Use for it.
Living on the edge of nowhere,i have to learn all the time,since i started working 10 Years ago.So if the company goes poof,i could search for jobs needing other skills.
Since Toyoto never offered a H1 Hummer-like Vehicle,saying they lost 100k$ on a lost Sales,makes you or me look stupid.
I live in the Present and constructing something in the Future (if they sell AMD,i would buy from them),shows a new "Style of Life",i discovered.It basicly says" i am too stupid and blame others for things they wont do or they make". I hope this will end soon.
There are some CD-Changers,made for PCs for say 100CDs.But they cost new like 3000$ and used 900$ with 500$ Shipping "over the sea" +Taxes.For this Amount,i could better build another PC with 3 Disks.Yes,playing DJ loading and unloading 300 CD might be a nightmare,but you have it do do only 1 Time (with a Raid5-Box).Also you might have already 2 PCs and buying another 2-3 external USB-CD-Drives for loading,might help you with this boring task.
I have sold 500 Seagate Drives.Ether they were DOA (broken by the shipping carier)or just work.Just like "Sie geht oder sie geht nicht"-"It just works or not".
We had fresh snow since yesterday,so its winter.
Sorry,i am stuck with Intel.Maybe the Point,that all my Systems get used days and weeks without reboot.On Friday a friend brought his PC to my house.It served Music for our inhouse-Party since them.
"older" P4 will have a price drop,which will be good for People saving 50$ on a new System.
:-)) I wonder how they behave,if their employer fired them and they now have no chance to read /. anymore.I think,half of /. would be empty...
which is controlled by your Server and an Alarm is going off,when its empty. No,i am serious about that!
Yes,they are.They click all the Links from "How to mod a mac mini" and nobody know,if the Website was only created to hijack the Browser...
This,where they show a very huge suitcase and somebody says,this is the laptop...
Slashdot-News for Managers around the Globe.
If it will fit in a Cube Case,then look at here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=4601&item=5163090849&rd=1
Who will be the next on Slashdot "i put the Mini in the Cube" with Pictures?
If the Link is broken,remove the space between "cate" and "gory"
If you bought extra long cables,you could arange it,out of reach.So,i dont see the Problem. I have two external Disks with long cables and i wont trip over it.
I want to look after it later.Need a calender programm.
No,the new Machine will more like 10 Times faster.Its true.A old Pentium II 400,which i have own,needed 5 Hours to encode MP3.My new Machine (with Celeron 2000Mhz overclocked) will encode in twice the realtime of the Song.So are the uses in Corporate Enviroments.The new Webserver will serve 1 Mio. Hits,the old one only 50000.Then the Company have to upgrade.Also on old Systems,the hardisk or the Powersupply will be more a Risk to fail and then,where to get this old AT-Style PS? That is what happend in the world today.
You are stuck with the Cheap World of Walmart.Look onto yourself.Do you really need the cheap DVD-Player from them or will a more expensive one better in the long run?Will a cheap Jeans a good deal,if it lasts only 2 month or a "Levis" for 5times the Money,better which lasts One Year and will still be wearable?I could not see the Need for living with the cheap stuff all the time.More Things for the Money is not always better.I rather have 5 Pair of Socks which last 1 Year,then 20 Pair which will be worn out after some month.It is like living on the edge of the Consumer World.Nobody will throw you out,if you dont act like they wanted (buy,buy,buy).I was at Walmart 3 Years ago and i dont have the feeling i miss something.I go to the small supermarkets here.They dont have 5 different Brands of sliced bread,but i never will starve,if i only could buy one brand...
It will give you Headaches each time,you use it.Why not buy something for a litte more and get a Dell/HP/IBM and most Problems are gone.Remember the plastic hinges.These are the most breakable Part.Also the Display may be of lower Quality.And the Fan spin often,which might be a bad thing if your on a train or in a libary.Also labeled Notebooks are ready to try out in Stores.On Walmart you buy cardboxes and never could try out the keyboard.Thats why i stay within the Brands.
No,are you serios? Say,with Yahoo Launch i can get a ton of Music legally and for no fee and my Computer dont have to stay on for 24/7/365.And still no subscribtion and no huge Bandwith Bill for let sucking others on your PC. These are 5 Points for Yahoo and 0 Points for Mercora. Hate seeing 5 Million burned so easy :-(
When the RIAA notice them,they are gone Puff...
The orginal Win95 does not support the Inferface,as i remember. For better Understanding take this:500 Customers pay 50$ for the Programm,earning about 25000$ in 2002. Now Intuit look after the Programm and found out,supporting this Feature costs them 30000$ each Year. Then you are crazy,when do you dont cut them of,and support this any longer. Its no "Microsoft or Intuit is evil".Its only how long can they survive spending Money for nothing...
I don't see the Problem.Any Software Vendor could allow or deny some features.Maybe keeping this Feature working,costs more (in Upgrades or Patches),then developing of New Software.I could understand them for doing this.Also,how many User are working with this "old" Version? Will Upgrades bring you any Advantage?In these Case maybe not,but in other Cases surely!Remember Windows 95 and no USB working?Now with W2K or XP,you just plug any USB-Hardrive and Bingo!200Gigs of Storage in 5 Minutes.
If Gamers never buy "Highend"-Stuff,the Average would still pay 1000$ for a simple Pentium Chip.
With a little "this and that" i am around 3 GB/month. Means "Webcasts,Drivers,Shareware,Radio Streams". Thats 9,95$ for 1MB/384kb with a 5GB Cap. I could use 8Mbit Bandwith with 500GB Cap.But with a little self control,i am really not feel that i miss something when i download anything other like Porn.