Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:36:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990827103530.1456D-100000@mission.mvnc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199908271414.AA097143240@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu>
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> Well, hobbyists and savvy bang-for-the-buck may take 32 over 64 if the > bang isn't there, but nowadays that is far from the entire market of > purchasers. You're overlooking the status symbol buyers who just have to > have the latest/greatest and/or something better than the guy next door. > I recall a conversation not long ago with a sysadmin in the business > school here. I was asking what their typical laptop configuration was > and was told that some members of their faculty were quite particular > about finding out what their colleagues machines had and then making > sure theirs was more/better/faster, etc. I highly doubt this kind of > purchasing only happens here. :-) Good point. I know it happens, but is it the majority of the market? ----- We are now the Knights who say... "Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG! Zoom-Boing! Z'nourrwringmm!" ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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