If we're talking planing for the future, why not go with an AMD64 or dual Opteron setup? Also, I'm betting a hard disk upgrade would speed up searches (e.g. Raid 0 w/ serial ATA). And no, I'm not a computer builder, but I play one on TV ;) My Friday the 13th 2cents. developtrust wrote: >Tom, >I have one suggestion for Tom and the list. > >Because hardware is so affordable now I think it will be a good investment >to get a P4 - 3.4. At my computer builder a 2.4 chip costs $130 and a 3.4 >costs $485. As I see it the difference of $355 is an investment in the >future and I'll bet someone on the list can even get these chips for even >less. > >I would be wiling to be one of the people who contributes to an upgraded >chip. How many of us would be willing to support the fastest chip possible? >The more of us that contribute to an upgrade the less it will be each of our >pledges to help get this new system to be the best state of the art NOW and >that will benefit us all. > >My own computer has a P4- 2.4 and it is fast. A friend got the 2.8 and his >computer is noticeable faster (to me) so I think the 3.4 would make our >archive searches lightning faster. > >William > > > > > > |
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