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Your one-liners are classics Peter John!
This seems good, especially if it drives down the prices of the PCs and laptops that this processor will be used with.
For realtive technophobes like me who can't even order the right CPU heatsink (:() and who have no real idea how to build a PC on the cheap, cheaper 'off-the-shelf' computers are a good thing.
I will quote what my wife had to say on this one......
"awwwwwwwww"
Isnt that a cute lil computer ? DOnt you just wanna get close to it and stroke his furry hide.
Oh wait , its a computer right ? Ok , ok...
Id say instead of working on how to make current PCs smaller , people should be working on making current PCs faster and with the same size.
However , in a decade or so we might be carrying computers the size of a pendrive capable of running Windows 8 or whatever, and i guess thats fork-in ore-some
The smaller they get, the more you move them around and the more they overheat. The more you move them around, the more chances there are of you dropping/breaking/damaging it. I'll stick with my desktop.
They would be awesome for LAN parties as mobile Comp( that can also use TVs and monitors) for those who don't own laptops.
' Wrote:Id say instead of working on how to make current PCs smaller , people should be working on making current PCs faster and with the same size.
The two go hand in hand. The invention of the small transistor was instrumental in making computers go from the giant, room-filling and slow devices of the mid-1900s to the sleek and (relatively) tiny machines you see today. If they learn how to pack four processors into the space of one without overheating it, you're going to end up with tiny fast computers and big REALLY fast computers.
A 16 core chip is coming out soon.. I hope I can talk my boss into buying one for our database server. ZOOM!