__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 16 August 2006 18:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:38:14 +0100
> <1323570.pBJthv2JPZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 15 August 2006 22:00 \__
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kier
>>> <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:50:27 +0100
>>> <pan.2006.08.15.18.50.27.842559@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:08:18 -0700, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:36:07 +0100, Kier wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A while back, I got my hands on my Mum's old laptop, a slow clunker of
>>>>>> an Advent that has a 900mhz processor (Celeron), and only 128 gig RAM.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wish I had that. :)
>>>>
>>>> Bugger! I never noticed that - some clunker that would be, eh? <grin>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Depends what's on it. Would probably run Linux reasonably well.
>>> I'd hate to put Vista on it. :-)
>>
>> You can bet your ass Vista would hate that too. It's a vain O/S. *smile*
>
> More like a very *fat* OS. :-) My Athlon might run it
> but it would probably be like squeezing a size 8 figure
> into a size 4 dress. (Or squeezing a 42" derrier into 38"
> pants, for those on my side of the gender gap.)
It's a *fat* OS as you said. It could be either gender. You can take a pig,
put it in a size 4 dress and take it out for dinner. But it's still a pig in
a size 4 dress. And people would stare.
> My Kayak would take one look at it and run screaming,
> and it won't even install on my home Optiplex server --
> no CD ROM.
"Screaming" is an interesting word to use. You can also say that Linux is
screaming on a low-end hardware when it runs very well (responsively).
> Yeah, nothing like Microsoft "innovation" driving the desktop
> hardware industry, is there? :-)
I don't think it's intentional. However, let's weigh some factors:
1. Microsoft has a relationship with (and thus commitment for) OEM's.
2. Microsoft has a relationship with hardware makers, including chipmakers
who want to sell the latest and greatest processors that cost 5-10 times
more than the low-end line.
3. Microsoft's hardware cycles are tied to software cycles. New software is
often purchased and new shackles (e.g. further-extended formats) are tied to
one's foot.
There are more factors, but it'll take some mental digging. I usually type as
I go along thinking. I suspect you do likewise since many of your writeups
are ramblings that change targets and go aimlessly towards different
conclusions, without any hypethesis in mind. I like that, by the way. It's
surreal!
> I'm not all that happy about my Athlon's performance (I
> could probably use faster hard drives) but at least it's
> a comfortable fit.
It's ironic that it performs badly. I had to reassure myself that it's ironic
by seeking the roots of the name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon#Athlon_Classic
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| The Athlon made its debut on June 23, 1999. The name "Athlon" was chosen
| by AMD as short for "decathlon".
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