Re: new computer buying

  • From: "david poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:53:58 -0400

it's friday, what can I say.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: RE: new computer buying


Ok David, if your point was that my analogy doesn't apply to everyone
you've made it.  That was very helpful.

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> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of david poehlman
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:15 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: new computer buying
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> my car has two legs.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:27 PM
> Subject: RE: new computer buying
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> I find that buying a computer, at least for some people, can be a lot
> like buying a car.  My current car has 215 horsepower and 220
> foot/pounds of torque.  It has a tongue weight limit of 500=20
> pounds and a
> total weight capacity of 1800 pounds and a displacement of 3.2 liters.
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> I don't think I knew any of these numbers when I bought it,=20
> and I swear
> I've met people since then who bought the same car with a=20
> bigger engine
> because they wanted more horse power, more foot/pounds of torque, etc.
> To somebody these numbers are indeed important, but to most of us they
> can be confusing at best, and can make us spend more money=20
> than we need
> to at worst.
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> Chip
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies
> > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 12:01 PM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: new computer buying
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> > Okay.  Then I won't sweat about that one.  Smile.
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> > Jean
> >=3D20
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:38 AM
> > Subject: RE: new computer buying
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> > > That's fine, but again, unless you're running a huge database
> > > application, or otherwise manipulating large amounts of=3D20
> > data (or, unless
> > > you don't have enough main memory and windows is forced to=3D20
> > make use of a
> > > swap file), you won't notice any difference between 7200=3D20
> > and 4200.  It's
> > > just another useless number to obsess about.
> > >
> > > Chip
> > >
> > > =3D3D20
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D3D20
> > > > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:22 PM
> > > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: new computer buying
> > > >=3D3D20
> > > > Hi Sean
> > > >=3D3D20
> > > > Thanks for that tidbit of information.  Now I know how to=3D3D20
> > > > relate the bus speed number.  Hard drive speed, I'm=3D20
> > looking at 7200.
> > > >=3D3D20
> > > > Jean
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Sean M McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:04 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: new computer buying
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> > > >=3D3D20
> > > > > Wow my 400 mhz computer seems really old, untill about =
a=3D3D20
> > > > month ago I had
> > > > > xp-pro running on a 450.  For newness I see your=20
> point.  If=3D3D20
> > > > you get a fast
> > > > > processor get it with a faster hardrive.  Get a faster=3D3D20
> > > > processor with a
> > > > > faster buss speed.  If you see something like 2.0GHZ =
with=3D3D20
> > > > 500MHZ buss,
> > > > > that's ok.  You probably don't need to know what the =
buss=3D3D20
> > > > is, but you
> > > > > won't get any increase in performance from a processor=3D3D20
> > > > unless your buss
> > > > > speed is 1/4 of your processor speed.  This is just =
going=3D3D20
> > > > off of some
> > > > > advise I got from a guy at ibm about 5 years ago, so =
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> > > > it for what it's
> > > > > worth.  I know that a friend of mine runns a computer=3D20
> > with twice the
> > > > > processor speed as mine same buss speed and there's=20
> little=3D3D20
> > > > difference.
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