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On 4/2/14, 11:41 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:15:07 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 4/2/14, 10:56 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:48:04 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:22:39 -0400, wrote:

That is why we don't see faster processor speeds advertised anymore.
They just talk about how many "cores" they have.

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Yes, and now we need more software apps that are capable of using
those cores effectively. Unfortunately XP does not do a good job
supporting multi-cores either. It is currently, and most probably
always, limited to two cores if my memory is correct.

If I get a quad core machine I suppose I will need newer software, I
understand that but I do not need that extra speed for anything I do.
I doubt most people do either but they just want the next new thing
for some reason.
Harry's only excuse is he saves a few seconds ripping DVDs he will
never watch to the humongous file server he bought, just to fill it up
I suppose.

I offered up one example of an app I use, and you build your negative
universe off of that one example? Some science guy you are.

It's not a few seconds, by the way. My desktop computer transcodes DVDs
in about half the time of the Windows computer I used to use. That a
savings of at least 15 minutes on each transcode. Part of it is
software, part of it is hardware, part of it is the Apple OS.

so you rip some DVDs that is what I said

Among other things.

And, in fact, I do watch many of my old favorite movies a couple of
times a year. They only take up a small portion of the space available
on our "humongous" file server. Of course, we don't have to have a half
dozen antique computers flopped around the house, eh?

How do these movies get from the file server to your TV?

Through the magic of wi-fi. Modern computers, servers, TV sets, DVD
players, and boxtop devices have wired/wireless router hookup
capabilities, and that means they can communicate with each other.
Perhaps you can trade in that 300 bps Hayes...

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My wife prefers to run her Mathematica9 projects on my iMac instead of
on her Win 7 i5 machine, which is only about 18 months old. Calcs and
procedures run a hell of a lot faster on the Mac.

Sure

Oh, they do. My wife works a lot with math, stats, et cetera. She took a
*lot* of upper level math and stat courses to get her M.S. and Ph.D, and
use them to help along various research projects in which she is involved.