Who is to say that Intel has lost the dual core war. Wars aren't always won by superior technical specifications. AMD's processors may be more efficient and run better, but try getting that across to the average computer user. Sure AMD has all the geeks out there on their side. However, AMD doesn't have the resources to do a large scale marketing campaign promoting their product like Intel can. In addition, AMD is probably unknown to many average computer users. Over the past decade, Intel has drilled it into their heads that Intel processors are the only ones that are worth having. One day, I told my brother, an average computer user, that Intel processors aren't worth having and he couldn't understand why. He didn't have a clue what Prescott was or why it sucked. Ultimately, the winner of this war will be whoever can create a persuasive enough marketing campaign that can convince the average users that their product is better. The only way to win a war like this is to convince the consumer. There is going to be a winner in this war, I just don't think it will be AMD. Regardless of technical superiority.
"Want to change things? Pass laws that prohibit political contributions from all business entities. Restrict contributions to individuals problems like this virtually vanish."
This may sound like a good idea, but those laws would be infringing on freedom of speech, a main component to our constitution. In addition, I don't understand what the problem is. If you wanted someone to represent you wouldn't you want that person to be like minded and have a favorable opinion of you?
"My guess is all you need to do is clean up the system and keep your applications at the absolute minimum"
Tryed that. I think the ram is mostly holding me back.
Well that explains it. You have a PIII. The last PIII processors that were made were acutally better than the first line of PIVs, which is what my parents have. My friend has a PIII and it runs great. In addition, the computer only has 256 mb of RDRAM. I know that mhz isn't everything. I realize that ram is part of the problem, but have you looked at the prices for rdram? It wouldn't make sense to spend that much on a computer bought in 2002. It would cost about as much as the computer is worth. And I did try and reconfig XP. I took things off startup and tryed to eliminate things that weren't necessary. I only run about 4 apps in the system tray, which are all necessary. I've even tried turning down the resolution and it doesn't help much. Oh well, I have my own Athlon XP 2900+ system to use.
How could anyone use any computer that only has 366 mhz. I know I can't, even for just web browsing and word processing. My parents have a 1.3 ghz Pentium 4 Dell running XP and that thing is a complete p.o.s. even for simple tasks. Having to run Norton, Zonealarm and just a few other minor things really drags it down. It is necessary to have these especially since we have broadband. Trying to open a program such as Musicmatch takes forever. And I've sweeped the computer numerous times with multiple spyware programs and it turns up nothing. I've also tried eliminating programs from the system tray and boot up but nothing really helps. Don't know how anyone survives with anything less than 1 ghz these days.
Seriousily, where has this woman been in the past few years. If she had any brains at all she would have known, and the author of the the article should have told her, that she needs to have a firewall and virus protection when you have a broadband connection. It justs makes sense.
I hate how many people on this site always jump on the I hate Microsoft and evil corporations bandwagon. Granted, Microsoft does have many sercurity problems and issues. However, Windows is the most widely used OS. As a result they have the most attackers in the world. If you were a spyware or virus creator, hacker, or whatever what would you attack. A realatively small market such as Linux or Mac or would you go after the largest market. I know Linux probably has better security in some respects, but we all need to look at the Microsoft situation from their perspective from time to time. And I don't completely like Microsoft. I pretty much thought all their OSs unitl XP completely sucked. You have to give them credit that XP was a huge step forward in the right direction from ME. Just thought I'd put my 2 cents in.
Hey..I'd rather have SBC than my provider Centurytel. I hate Centurytel but they are the only provider in my rural area because they charge other ISPs too much to use their network or equipment. So, I get stuck with 768kbps/128kbps for 30$ per month and that was after we switched to a bundle package. Its $40.00 per month seperately. In addition, the max speed available is only 1.5mbps while SBC offers, I believe, up to 3.0 mbps. If only I was 8 miles south. Then I would be able to get SBC. Oh well, its still better than dialup. Especially since I'm in a rural area.
One positive of illegal file sharing is that it is finally getting the big tv execs off their asses and innovating tv. Hopefully the threat of wide spread sharing will force them to make tv more user friendly and customizable. Look at the music industry, they are, however slowly, making progress in bringing new ways to buy music to the market. For example, Musicmatch has music on demand for a monthly fee. Im not saying all the solutions for tv or music are good, but at least it has made people think and innovate. Got to love the free market economy.
If a person is on the clock for an employer and is supposed to be doing a certain task then this is a logical way to make sure the employee is doing his or her job. This is no invasion of privacy. It is no different than a company monitoring the traffic on their own computer networks.
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Who is to say that Intel has lost the dual core war. Wars aren't always won by superior technical specifications. AMD's processors may be more efficient and run better, but try getting that across to the average computer user. Sure AMD has all the geeks out there on their side. However, AMD doesn't have the resources to do a large scale marketing campaign promoting their product like Intel can. In addition, AMD is probably unknown to many average computer users. Over the past decade, Intel has drilled it into their heads that Intel processors are the only ones that are worth having. One day, I told my brother, an average computer user, that Intel processors aren't worth having and he couldn't understand why. He didn't have a clue what Prescott was or why it sucked. Ultimately, the winner of this war will be whoever can create a persuasive enough marketing campaign that can convince the average users that their product is better. The only way to win a war like this is to convince the consumer. There is going to be a winner in this war, I just don't think it will be AMD. Regardless of technical superiority.
"Want to change things? Pass laws that prohibit political contributions from all business entities. Restrict contributions to individuals problems like this virtually vanish."
This may sound like a good idea, but those laws would be infringing on freedom of speech, a main component to our constitution. In addition, I don't understand what the problem is. If you wanted someone to represent you wouldn't you want that person to be like minded and have a favorable opinion of you?
ive never posted this early before
"My guess is all you need to do is clean up the system and keep your applications at the absolute minimum" Tryed that. I think the ram is mostly holding me back.
Well that explains it. You have a PIII. The last PIII processors that were made were acutally better than the first line of PIVs, which is what my parents have. My friend has a PIII and it runs great. In addition, the computer only has 256 mb of RDRAM. I know that mhz isn't everything. I realize that ram is part of the problem, but have you looked at the prices for rdram? It wouldn't make sense to spend that much on a computer bought in 2002. It would cost about as much as the computer is worth. And I did try and reconfig XP. I took things off startup and tryed to eliminate things that weren't necessary. I only run about 4 apps in the system tray, which are all necessary. I've even tried turning down the resolution and it doesn't help much. Oh well, I have my own Athlon XP 2900+ system to use.
How could anyone use any computer that only has 366 mhz. I know I can't, even for just web browsing and word processing. My parents have a 1.3 ghz Pentium 4 Dell running XP and that thing is a complete p.o.s. even for simple tasks. Having to run Norton, Zonealarm and just a few other minor things really drags it down. It is necessary to have these especially since we have broadband. Trying to open a program such as Musicmatch takes forever. And I've sweeped the computer numerous times with multiple spyware programs and it turns up nothing. I've also tried eliminating programs from the system tray and boot up but nothing really helps. Don't know how anyone survives with anything less than 1 ghz these days.
when i can still use my awesome ATI All in Wonder 9000. pphhhh who needs sli.
I love competition. Microsoft Office is way too expensive. Maybe this will make them lower their prices.
Seriousily, where has this woman been in the past few years. If she had any brains at all she would have known, and the author of the the article should have told her, that she needs to have a firewall and virus protection when you have a broadband connection. It justs makes sense. I hate how many people on this site always jump on the I hate Microsoft and evil corporations bandwagon. Granted, Microsoft does have many sercurity problems and issues. However, Windows is the most widely used OS. As a result they have the most attackers in the world. If you were a spyware or virus creator, hacker, or whatever what would you attack. A realatively small market such as Linux or Mac or would you go after the largest market. I know Linux probably has better security in some respects, but we all need to look at the Microsoft situation from their perspective from time to time. And I don't completely like Microsoft. I pretty much thought all their OSs unitl XP completely sucked. You have to give them credit that XP was a huge step forward in the right direction from ME. Just thought I'd put my 2 cents in.
Hey..I'd rather have SBC than my provider Centurytel. I hate Centurytel but they are the only provider in my rural area because they charge other ISPs too much to use their network or equipment. So, I get stuck with 768kbps/128kbps for 30$ per month and that was after we switched to a bundle package. Its $40.00 per month seperately. In addition, the max speed available is only 1.5mbps while SBC offers, I believe, up to 3.0 mbps. If only I was 8 miles south. Then I would be able to get SBC. Oh well, its still better than dialup. Especially since I'm in a rural area.
One positive of illegal file sharing is that it is finally getting the big tv execs off their asses and innovating tv. Hopefully the threat of wide spread sharing will force them to make tv more user friendly and customizable. Look at the music industry, they are, however slowly, making progress in bringing new ways to buy music to the market. For example, Musicmatch has music on demand for a monthly fee. Im not saying all the solutions for tv or music are good, but at least it has made people think and innovate. Got to love the free market economy.
If a person is on the clock for an employer and is supposed to be doing a certain task then this is a logical way to make sure the employee is doing his or her job. This is no invasion of privacy. It is no different than a company monitoring the traffic on their own computer networks.