On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:15:40 GMT, "BradandBrooks"
<BradandBrooks@shaw.ca> wrote:
>Do you think your P4 computer just came into being one day? You must be
>young to be so ignorant, and not remember the days of a 286, then a 386, and
>on and on... My MP3 player has more power than the first computer I bought
>in 1987. These hybrids may not be the cat's ass today but they will grow...
>BTW, you might consider upgrading your 486DX33 with 16 megs of RAM someday -
>I hear there is some new technology out there...
>
Ah yes the infamous "cat's ass". Would you be surprised to know that
your MP3 player probably has more computing power & storage then the
space shuttle? I shit you not, but the technology on that bad boy is
8088 based and it makes it up & down most times.
The real issue with hybrids is not so much the technology involved,
but the longevity and viability of that technology. Why should I as
Joe Consumer have to pay ten's of thousands of dollars for something
that doesn't work as advertised, has no proven maintenance track
record, and no history of sustaining resale value?
Believe it or not there are still plenty of uses for 486's. I have
one running a version of Unix in use as a firewall. Still does it's
job.
>Brad
>
><michaelanderson4@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:1137712540.324823.269180@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> You'll never see the dollar equivalent in savings and they allow
>> automakers to "cheat" CAFE
>> standards.
>>
>> http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=10031
>>
>
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