Freq, bandwidth, architecture, are all important (and always have been)
KingCody said:
Intel's marketing team did a great job of convincing the general un-computer-savvy public that clock speed was all that mattered.
Intel just convinced the un-
human-savvy public (mostly the
Fast Posters that you can see on all forums - the ones posting faster than they can think) that
the others would be so stupid.
So goes the world: the more you think, the lesss you have time to speak, and the more you understand that others think as well, even
and above all when you don't hear anything from them (everyone has just 24h in each day). The one who OTOH never thinks, will be heard all over the forums... so, the more he posts, the less he knows, and the more he thinks others would know still less than himself. Forums, making so easy to post, just increased (and worsened) what already existed: some learn, think, work, produce; some talk, disparage, shine - and produce little.
Now while firmly opposed to this phrase of yours, I do think it doesn't refllect the main of your post, with which I would agree: frequency, bandwidth, architecture, have always been, and still are, all important factors; most people know it perfectly; just a few (but the most vocal and present on forums and medias) are superficial and simplistic enough to put all the importance, on Freq for a couple years, on Architecture for another - while waiting for their next single and simplistic focus.
Versailles, Sat 10 Feb 2007 22:50:35 +0100