Makes you wonder what people did just a few years ago doesnt it?I mean it hasnt been very long since 400mhz was fast.I hear folks all the time thinking you need a high end machine for photo editing, pfft, no you dont.Computers hit the overkill zone for home use when they got to about 700mhz, after that its usually unused power.Same with general business use as well.I think if more folks actually took the time to learn how to use their systems and find out what makes them work, the urge to constantly upgrade would diminsh big time. Like Nubius I found a 700-900mhz machine sufficient for all but very graphically intense games, and it even plays some of those fairly well.
As Im typing this my 800mhz duron w/128mb ram and el cheapo geforce card is ripping a dvd@18fps,dowloading 5 torrents@90KB/sec,and running 4 other apps in the background and still only using 112mb of RAM, makes one wonder, just how much machine does one need?I can see if your editing video all the time or playing games 24/7, other than that why?
As Im typing this my 800mhz duron w/128mb ram and el cheapo geforce card is ripping a dvd@18fps,dowloading 5 torrents@90KB/sec,and running 4 other apps in the background and still only using 112mb of RAM, makes one wonder, just how much machine does one need?I can see if your editing video all the time or playing games 24/7, other than that why?