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Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 27 May 2000 00:22:33 GMT
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Reminds me of the first off-the-shelf computer I ever bought; I got the 20Mb
hard drive 'cause I couldn't conceive of ever needing 40Mb. *smirk*
-Cheese
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> > 36gb hd. $540 versus the $160 or so I paid for my ATA66 drive. To give me,
> > as a gamer, probably no measurable performance increase. That $400+ will be
> > better spent on a GeForce 2 or maybe towards a 21" monitor.
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> Probably true for gamers, and certainly for someone who just wants to browse
> the web / do office stuff. People just shouldn't say that IDE performs as
> well as SCSI without some serious clarification. It reminds me of a computer
> expert friend of my dad's who told me when I was in jr. high that I didn't
> really need the power of a 286. :)
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> --
> Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| (...) Probably true for gamers, and certainly for someone who just wants to browse the web / do office stuff. People just shouldn't say that IDE performs as well as SCSI without some serious clarification. It reminds me of a computer expert friend (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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