Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:33:30 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Core vs HyperThreading vs Dual CPU Message-ID: <cb5206420601120233p556e8cc8s8aa356ff30fcd6bf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060112043142.9EA6.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <20060111203616.46021.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <00B61835-9B73-4058-ABDF-888B522B1A97@u.washington.edu> <20060112043142.9EA6.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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On 1/12/06, Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: > Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> > > > No kidding. But I doubt the competence of people that buy compute= rs > > from big name manufacturers, unless they bought it maybe for server > > applications, large scale deployment of machines, etc. Gotta love > > their little Flash graphics with the "balls" representing "bits", > > just hopping along the CPU/cores... lol. > > -Garrett > > From a strictly marketing/advertising sense, it is a rather useful tool. > Honestly, they could have posted a 5000 word white paper detailing the > specs and performance gains versus none hyper-threaded or dual cored PCs, > but how many actual potential buyers would have actually read or > understood it. That little visual aid they developed immediately > attracts a potential buyers attention. > > I do question why you make the statement, "I doubt the competence of > people that buy computers from big name manufacturers" however. I happen > to own two Dell computers, along with an old Compag (my first). In the > past ten years or so, I have purchased at least 6 personal PC's and > recommended dozens more to my friends. At least when buying from a well k= nown > manufacturer, the odds are that they will be around if something > goes wrong with the unit. I have know individuals who have purchased > from lesser known manufacturers only to discover that they were no > longer in business in a year or two. I look for stability in the > companies I do business with as well as the units I purchase. I > personally find your statement somewhat insulting. > > -- > Gerard Seibert > gerard@seibercom.net > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Welcome to consumerland :-) If you buy equipment from companies, which are stable thanks to great marketing/advertising strategies (and lack of funding in all other areas, including R&D), it doesn't make you a worse or a better man at all, but it does prove for a thousandth time in a row, that those strategies are almost exclusively effective ones in the land of incompetent consumers :-)
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