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Re: CPU speed is not that important these days Tim Smith7-Oct-02 15:01 Tim Smith 7-Oct-02 15:01  And the amount of memory for file cache. Tim Smith "Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we can not avoid it... If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs, is also complicated, the language itself becomes part of the problem rather that part of the solution." Hoare - 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture Re: CPU speed is not that important these days Liu Guoping8-Oct-02 5:36 Liu Guoping 8-Oct-02 5:36  I always remember my first computer --only 100MHz ---when I began to act as a programer.I told my boss that I can do better if I get a much sharper sword. But he told me a 486 is enough.So I always did one thing:waiting the computer to finish compiling. Now I have a new computer --XP 1600+. I finish my most digital image process work on it. I wander where my first computer is now. Re: CPU speed is not that important these days stupration8-Oct-02 8:34 stupration 8-Oct-02 8:34  it's important for games At work = at home Anders Molin7-Oct-02 0:49 Anders Molin 7-Oct-02 0:49  I have started a small shop where I do some consultant/programming stuff for different compagnies, so I buy my own work computers Currently my primary workstation is a dual AMD 1800+, and my laptop is a P4 1.7Ghz - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" speeeeeed Megan Forbes6-Oct-02 23:22 Megan Forbes 6-Oct-02 23:22  With a P3 1133 I don't feel too lucky/unlucky, but my delight when I was given 512 Ram was hard to hide The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is false. A cognoscente opinion. ColinDavies6-Oct-02 22:51 ColinDavies 6-Oct-02 22:51  I think it'd time CP started supplying us with branded boxes. Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me. Re: A cognoscente opinion. Navin7-Oct-02 3:40 Navin 7-Oct-02 3:40  That would actually be pretty cool, come to think of it. "Time spent with cats is never wasted." - Colette No option for dual processors? Shog96-Oct-02 19:38 Shog9 6-Oct-02 19:38  Or those cool hyperthreading zeons? Shog9 ------ And on the pedestal, these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Re: No option for dual processors? Anders Molin7-Oct-02 0:50 Anders Molin 7-Oct-02 0:50  I need that option too - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" Re: Also Dual! (NT) Was:No option for dual processors? jhwurmbach7-Oct-02 1:08 jhwurmbach 7-Oct-02 1:08  NT Re: No option for dual processors? Nitron7-Oct-02 10:46 Nitron 7-Oct-02 10:46  Shog9 wrote: No option for dual processors? must be nice... Nitron _________________________________________-- message sent on 100% recycled electrons. Re: No option for dual processors? Shog97-Oct-02 16:45 Shog9 7-Oct-02 16:45  Nitron wrote: must be nice... There are a number of ways i could take that i guess... ? Oh, my god must be nice... ? OMG, not having an option for dual processors must be nice... ? OMG, being able to complain about not having an option for dual processors must be nice... Shog9 ------ And on the pedestal, these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. 2 words DarrollWalsh7-Oct-02 16:48 DarrollWalsh 7-Oct-02 16:48  Shut UP! If you need an option for dual you need to be shot. Ok so I am extremely jealus. I program from home. I need to get with a fat company with some money to spend. Darroll Not one person lives in the present. Only the past. I can prove it. Re: 2 words Shog97-Oct-02 16:51 Shog9 7-Oct-02 16:51  Darroll wrote: I need to get with a fat company with some money to spend. That's the way to do it I've gotta say, back in the Pentium Pro days, i knew a guy who had a dual machine. Running VMWare in NT, with Linux just three keypresses away. I was sooo envious, but since most of my upgrades were motivated by games i wanted to play, i opted to shell out for better video cards instead. I still don't think i'd buy one for home use; if i was gonna spend the $$$ i'd prolly opt for a bigger monitor instead Shog9 ------ And on the pedestal, these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. What about 8-way Bruce Duncan7-Oct-02 19:46 Bruce Duncan 7-Oct-02 19:46  I was working on a 8-way P3 733 Xeon 4gb memory. Granted, it wasn't pysically next to me, but I was the only one using it. hmmm, SETI@HOME, 40+ units a day... Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030 I can levitate birds... Re: What about 8-way Shog97-Oct-02 19:50 Shog9 7-Oct-02 19:50  :drool: ! Shog9 ------ And on the pedestal, these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Re: What about 8-way Megan Forbes8-Oct-02 0:17 Megan Forbes 8-Oct-02 0:17  comments like that should be accompanied by free beer to console us lesser mortals... Dave Goodman on funny error messages: It is a definite no-no to run BITMAP as a user command. Your nose will grow, your lawn will die, your hair will fall out, and your first-born will marry an aardvark. Shame on you! Re: What about 8-way Bruce Duncan8-Oct-02 8:09 Bruce Duncan 8-Oct-02 8:09  It was only on loan though. Now I need a to to console myself. Was fun while it lasted Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030 I can levitate birds... Re: What about 8-way Gary Wheeler8-Oct-02 4:05 Gary Wheeler 8-Oct-02 4:05  We use an Intel server box with up to 8 Xeons, 4 Gb RAM, as a glorified print buffer. Of course, it's a print buffer for a $2.5M ink jet printing system that prints 1000 feet per minute (roughly 17 feet of paper per second). When we got our first one in the lab, we sacrificed a virgin co-op on it to properly inaugurate it... "Think of it as evolution in action." - 'Oath of Fealty' by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Re: What about 8-way Bruce Duncan8-Oct-02 8:14 Bruce Duncan 8-Oct-02 8:14  Gary Wheeler wrote: we sacrificed a virgin co-op on it to properly inaugurate it LOL I'll keep that in mind for when we get new equipment coming in. Bruce Duncan, CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030 I can levitate birds... Slowest to date.... Christian Graus6-Oct-02 18:26 Christian Graus 6-Oct-02 18:26  It's sad, at work I get a 400 MHz machine, at home I have a 550, a 700 and a 2 Gig. Plus two Amigas, at least THEY are slower than my work machine. Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002 Re: Slowest to date.... Luca Leonardo Scorcia6-Oct-02 20:37 Luca Leonardo Scorcia 6-Oct-02 20:37  PII 400 MHz too. 384 MB RAM, Win2K and VS.NET. And I feel no need for a more powerful machine. This is soooooooooooooooo nice Luca Leonardo Scorcia http://zip.to/kojak (only in Italian) Re: Slowest to date.... Paul Watson6-Oct-02 20:41 Paul Watson 6-Oct-02 20:41  Luca Leonardo Scorcia wrote: PII 400 MHz too. 384 MB RAM, Win2K and VS.NET. And I feel no need for a more powerful machine I have a PIII 667mhz with 256 MB RAM with Windows XP and also feel no need to upgrade. I do quite a bit of graphics work too and it works perfectly fine. Sure I might like a bigger HD (currently have 20gig) but that is about it. Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Re: Slowest to date.... Christian Graus6-Oct-02 20:53 Christian Graus 6-Oct-02 20:53  Only 20 gig ? At home I have an 80 and a 60 together in my main machine.... Christian Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 During last 10 years, with invention of VB and similar programming environments, every ill-educated moron became able to develop software. - Alex E. - 12-Sept-2002 Re: Slowest to date.... Paul Watson6-Oct-02 21:05 Paul Watson 6-Oct-02 21:05  Christian Graus wrote: Only 20 gig ? At home I have an 80 and a 60 together in my main machine.... I actually do not need more, what for? I still have 4gigs free. What do you use 140gigs for anyway? Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa

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