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post #1 of 12
1/31/05 at 6:37pm
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I wonder if it's better to wait a few months rather than buy a new system now?

just a few things, which may be worth waiting for...

64-bit processing
Dual-core chips
Sonoma systems
PCI Express Extreme Editions
Microsoft's Next Operating System "Longhorn"
Optical drives based on Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats
Wi-Fi "N" 802.11n Technology
XDR DRAM / GDDR4 Graphics
Flash Memory
1066 MHz Front Side Bus Speeds
2MB L3 Cache
4K warp speed plasma transmissions

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119239,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119366,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119237,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119020,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116402,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article...,119258,00.asp
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post #2 of 12
1/31/05 at 6:41pm
Hell, why not just wait 20 years for quantum computers to develop.
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post #3 of 12
2/1/05 at 2:28am
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Originally Posted by Orionark
Hell, why not just wait 20 years for quantum computers to develop.
Yah...You have to buy sometime or wait for the next big development...pick your time
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post #4 of 12
2/1/05 at 3:02am
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best of both worlds

I've been trying to get the best of both worlds between buying now and waiting... I ordered my first Alienware system on 1/15 but I've already upgraded my order twice... so I'm still trying to get the latest and greatest before it ships.
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post #5 of 12
2/1/05 at 8:26am
If u always wait to get newer technology, u'll never buy a PC ...
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post #6 of 12
2/1/05 at 9:18am
ordering the best of everything on your 51 m will get a you a pc that in 3 to 5 years will still be playing most games. however in 2 years it will be considered old school. We will be sitting around luaghing saying" man remember when we thought that slow ass 3.6 P4 and DDR2 was actually fast?"
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post #7 of 12
2/1/05 at 11:06am

famous last words .....

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Originally Posted by JUSTlN SANE
a pc that in 3 to 5 years will still be playing most games.
famous last words .....
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post #8 of 12
2/1/05 at 1:34pm
i went to a seminar at IBM and they said with current technology about 5ghz is about as fast as a single processor can go...
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post #9 of 12
2/1/05 at 1:51pm
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Originally Posted by Flatulatta
i went to a seminar at IBM and they said with current technology about 5ghz is about as fast as a single processor can go...
Why do you think Dual-Core is comeing about! That way 2 Processors can co-work at a lower clock speed but be faster than a Single processor at a higher speed.
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post #10 of 12
2/1/05 at 2:00pm

The end of Moore's Law?

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Originally Posted by MichaelX30
Why do you think Dual-Core is comeing about! That way 2 Processors can co-work at a lower clock speed but be faster than a Single processor at a higher speed.
I've got a Dual CPU desktop -- and I've always wondered exactly how much faster it really was versus it's single CPU brother.

Not sure about this, but I think this is not a h/w issue, but a s/w one -- that is, the OS + apps all need to be written to take advantage of SMP, or else the speed bump is minor if seen at all.

I'm wondering if the "dual core" CPUs that are coming down the pike are the same bit of marketing mumbo-jumbo that SMP turned out to be (for the average home user, at least). If there really is a cap on CPU speeds, then adding a dual-core CPU still gives (at least the illusion of) a performance bump, and then adding multiple dual-core CPUs can add even more performance ....

Or not.
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post #11 of 12
2/1/05 at 2:20pm
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laws of physics

I'm always wondering, just how fast can we make these systems before breaking or bending the laws of physics.
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post #12 of 12
2/1/05 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by Socrates7
I've got a Dual CPU desktop -- and I've always wondered exactly how much faster it really was versus it's single CPU brother.

Not sure about this, but I think this is not a h/w issue, but a s/w one -- that is, the OS + apps all need to be written to take advantage of SMP, or else the speed bump is minor if seen at all.

I'm wondering if the "dual core" CPUs that are coming down the pike are the same bit of marketing mumbo-jumbo that SMP turned out to be (for the average home user, at least). If there really is a cap on CPU speeds, then adding a dual-core CPU still gives (at least the illusion of) a performance bump, and then adding multiple dual-core CPUs can add even more performance ....

Or not.
Trust it or not, but Dual Processor is only 30% faster than a single CPU.

NB: It only applies to workstation with the correct HAL driver installed, this has nothing to do with server system.
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