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new future toy.. the Intel NUC
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Originally posted by SupremeSpod View PostOh well. That's part of your life you're never going to get back, eh?Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View Postit was a feck sight better than staying at home with the parents.Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostExcept of course that it also results in cutting edge semiconductor fabrication, multicore programming tools, high speed intoconnects such as pci express, and various other useful innovations.Comment
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Originally posted by SupremeSpod View PostIf you remember the 60s, you weren't there.
The sixties were gone by the time I was 16.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostToo young for that bit.
The sixties were gone by the time I was 16.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostYou'd think that with all that going for them they'd be able to make a processor that wasn't tulip, wouldn't you?While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostYou mean that half the computers in the top500 and the apple macs beloved of fanbois everywhere are using tulip processors?Comment
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Originally posted by SupremeSpod View PostYep. Intel have spent 30 years polishing a turd. All in the name of backwards compatibility.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostAnd the end result is the best choice for an awful lot of applications. Doesn't say much for the rest of them does it?
Would it surprise you to learn that more ARM processors have been sold than 80x86 compatibles?Comment
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