Mntsnow
04-22-2005, 10:41 AM
It's no secret that your computer is only as good as the latest upgrade. The speed of obsolescence in the personal computing industry is almost a law of physics on its own.
As fickle as fashion, the 486dx25 you went ga-ga over when it first arrived, ended up a short time later in the same box as your M.C. Hammer parachute pants, both vibrating in the front seat on the way to the Salvation Army. But at least the po' folks would get something.
A similar fate awaited Pentiums I and II, only this time it was your Nintendo 64 that was in the box.
So this week, dual-core processors make their debuts from Intel and AMD, and suddenly your 2.24 GHz single core processor (which you were sure would last a while because if it got much more powerful, the salesman told you, it would overheat), looks like a wet, half smoked cigarette.
And now, out of habit, your eyes turn to the dual-core desktops that will be released in the few weeks.
AMD said it will start shipping dual-core Athlon 64 chips in June, with speeds ranging from 2.2 GHz to 2.4 GHz, and priced from $537 to $1,001.
Intel's Extreme Edition 840, shipped on Monday, runs at 3.2 GHz and is priced at $999 wholesale.
Read more at WebProNews (http://www.webpronews.com/news/itnews/wpn-41-20050421LackofSoftwareMayDampenDualCore.html)
As fickle as fashion, the 486dx25 you went ga-ga over when it first arrived, ended up a short time later in the same box as your M.C. Hammer parachute pants, both vibrating in the front seat on the way to the Salvation Army. But at least the po' folks would get something.
A similar fate awaited Pentiums I and II, only this time it was your Nintendo 64 that was in the box.
So this week, dual-core processors make their debuts from Intel and AMD, and suddenly your 2.24 GHz single core processor (which you were sure would last a while because if it got much more powerful, the salesman told you, it would overheat), looks like a wet, half smoked cigarette.
And now, out of habit, your eyes turn to the dual-core desktops that will be released in the few weeks.
AMD said it will start shipping dual-core Athlon 64 chips in June, with speeds ranging from 2.2 GHz to 2.4 GHz, and priced from $537 to $1,001.
Intel's Extreme Edition 840, shipped on Monday, runs at 3.2 GHz and is priced at $999 wholesale.
Read more at WebProNews (http://www.webpronews.com/news/itnews/wpn-41-20050421LackofSoftwareMayDampenDualCore.html)