On Wednesday 06 September 2006 16:55, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
no 'state-of-the-art' computer system/box sells for $399 google for it. HP Slimline series... you google for it.
Please tell me which of the machine's components (graphics, audio, disk, ethernet, usb, firewire, powersupply, etc.) is not state-of-the -art? Google for it... S7400N HP +Slimline Pls There is a difference between "state-of-the-art" and bleeding edge latest technology... for instance this machine does not have a duo core processor... however, it does have a state-of-the-art 1.6Ghz Celeron M processor with 400Mhz front side bus and 1 MB L2 cache... and yes, its lighting fast... computes pi=16*a(1/5) - 4*a(1/239) in just over 390ms to 1000 digits of accuracy (send the equation to bc with a scale of 1004) time echo "scale=1004; 16*a(1/5)-4*a(1/239)" |bc -lq Try it on your expensive system... Anyway, this system is very inexpensive, yet is a full function computer (with Suse 10.0 running on it) in 1/3 the typical size and for easily 1/5 the typical price for performance. So... call it cheap.... use whatever inappropriate cultural slur to accomplish same... and go ahead and pay $2000+ for your next system... or... google for a better price-performance-configuration option and have a state-of-the-art system for less money that's lightning fast and does everything the $2000 system does... whatever. -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< harrismh777@earthlink.net