[plug] quakefest

[Trent Lloyd]

yeh i cant be screwed writing p4 but yeh its a p4 heh
At 02:48 PM 5/02/2002 +0800, you wrote:
> > organise one.. i could run a server of machine (1.8ghz) while playing
> > hehehe unless someone else has a dedicated box ( i have a dual 100mhz id
>*arrggh*
>I know its pedantic but I can't help it.
>DON'T JUST TALK Mhz! Please!
>
>Ever heard the phrase "Mhz Marketing"? Intel's friend...
>1.8GHz what? If its an Athlon 4 I think AMD would like to have a "chat"
>to you... as would several governments. OTOH if its a P4... oh well.
>*big* difference. Its obvious in this case, but when people say "GHz
>computer!!" it screams "crappy marketing ripoff, its a celeron". Either
>that or "I don't know what I'm talking about and think that processor
>power is defined entirely by clock speed".
>Not accusing you of that, mind you. You probably just can't be stuffed
>writing P4, yes? However - if even technically literate people give in
>to the MHz marketing crud, it'll never stop. It is because of that that
>AMD recently went to the PR system like Cyrix used to use - because
>people weren't recognising the importance of other factors in chip
>power.


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