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Re: [Digital BW] Super Computer systems worth it?

2002-09-01 by Robert C Wittig

> Just wondering about those, lucky, people who may have multi Gig
> this, that and the other top-o-line current model computers feel it's
> worth it?

Try saving a scan with a really high dpi resolution, and you will
discover the value of having a lot of RAM.<g>

Try saving a few thousand heavily layered images, along with all the
*.jpg's and *.bmp's, *.gif's, *.tif's etc that they generate, and you
will discover the value of a big (or several big) hard drives, preferably
the type that can be used as slaves in removable media bays.

Try compiling a really big, multi-moduled program, and you will discover
the value of a new, fast Pentium processor.

Heh, try doing high quality animation, and you will discover the value of
owning an absolute monster computer, in every respect.

On the other hand, I still write articles on an old GRiD laptop with an
8086 chip, and a 20MB HD.

It all depends what you are trying to do.

-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
A business is as honest as its advertisements.
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