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Wednesday, 5. May 2004
Is this really necessary?
bmacd
08:28h
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1581842,00.asp Microsoft is expected to recommend that the "average" Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today. ... Comment
snoogans00, 5/5/04, 8:52 AM
Moore's Law
With Moore's Law regarding the processing power it will be doable, ram we are not too far off at the moment. The terabyte its very silly. 1gbit network, we are already there on the switches so why not on the workstation. GC that is also a bit silly...... Those specs are really high end and surly can't be expected to be " Standard" for all users. This is why i'm moving to Linux :-) ... Link
bmacd, 5/5/04, 11:07 AM
I wasn't saying the specs were impossible, just that if that is the recommended minimum, they can forget having any users! Our servers are around that spec at the moment and Longhorn is not so far off that desktops are the power of servers by that time... I think they're having a giraffe... ... Link
br0aky, 5/5/04, 11:52 AM
what was it bill gates used to say.. "you will never need more than 128kb" ??? anyway viva linux... or minix.. a whole os on a floppy.. ... Link
snoogans00, 5/5/04, 2:02 PM
BmacD I totally agree with you... what I was trying to say that even in a few years those specs are going to be high end specs and not what my dad will be running at home ( currently NT4 SP6a YUK) http://www.linux.org/dist/ ... Link
bmacd, 5/5/04, 4:54 PM
Yeah Br0
And whathisname from IBM once said he saw a global market for no more than a dozen 'computers'... ... Link ... Comment |
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