Hype and gullability (General Comments on Processors)

Member Name: ctyler

Product:	General Comments on Processors
Date:	07/08/00 (169 review reads)
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Advantages: You have now been warned

Disadvantages: you probably wont listen

Stop it you fools, why should the Athlon, Durons, P3's and the soon to arrive P4's running at excess of 1Ghz interest anyone? There is absolutly no reason why it should. The main arguement in this direction is that of the software requirement, but what about the bottle-necks in the hardware? It has long been the case that disk access and parallel/serial/USB connections are limiting factors in any system running at above 300mhz, so what are the gullable consumers doing being drawn towards the 2 grand 1Ghz Athlon systems? It's all hype. If you want my advice you should be looking at a P3 600 with a board capable of upgrade, its hard to find but increasingly we will see MB supporting 200mhz FSB with a slot 1, go for somthing similar and dont be fooled. Wait until HD access and data transfer times fall. My long term prediction is the introduction of optical fibre into PC's replacing USB and more...

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