04-05-2005, 12:46 AM
SetBuilder,Apr 4 2005, 06:48 PM Wrote:Your proc is a UPS truck. The average command, such as to run a spreadsheet, is like a small package. The average command (or extremely long chain of commands) associated with sound is like a large size Uhaul box. The average command from a video card now... That's a package the size of a buick. If you want the system (especially lower-end) to perform at a decent level with "basic" stuffs like spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, and basic graphical editing (all of which are taught in BOTH high school and college courses, even the entry basic courses, and many of which are needed in business, art, and other classes as well at this point), wouldn't it seem like a good idea to put the buicks on the car-hauling semi, and leave the ups truck to it's packages?
Why are we talking about buicks? The original poster asked for tasks more like packages than buicks.
And in that case, I'd rather have the UPS truck as long as the package always gets there, especially if I had extra cash in my pocket to show for it. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm not too concerned about blazing fast spreadsheets. When I consider the amount of time an average undergrad spends goofing off, I don't think it'd be worth the money.
I bring my laptop to every lecture style class I attend. I have a 1.9mhz P3 IBM laptop with 256 megs of ram. It's far from a bottom feeder of a laptop. Though it may not boot nearly as fast as my friends ultraslim $3000 .2 pound laptop, I'm more than content.
I've never run into any problems with spreadsheets loading too slowly. Nor any other trouble for that matter. As I tell my friend, I'd much rather have $1,500 in my pocket than 2 less pounds and a few seconds shaved off my spreadsheet times.
Cheers,
Munk