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Bill Lo wrote:
> The order of priority in software development industry is this:
> 
>   - Make it work
>   - Make it right
>   - Make it fast
>   - Make it small
> 
> You can imagine the result if the last two priorities never get
> the "processor time" :)

It seems that the same thing happens to hardware.  I'm only 16 so I have
not owned that many computers.

I previously had an AMDX4-100/8MB (I was using w95 back then); later I
upgraded to a Pentium 133/16MB.  The main thing I noticed was that the
hard drive was not crunching as often.  What excatly did the processor
do?  Besides this the only major speed increases were in trueSpace and
PhotoStyler.

The 8088 has 8 general purpose registers.
The 80386 has 8 general purpose registers.
The Pentium has 8 general purpose registers.

I realize that there is a big difference in the MMU, pipelines, etc. but
then I look at the PPC which has 32 general purpose registers. No wonder
PPC is faster than Pentium MXX at the same clock speed.

Why is there so much hype over the higher clock speeds?
A faster CPU is not a BETTER CPU.

I think users are simply not educated, this is the root of all these
bloated apps and processors.

Some one asked me how much it would cost to upgrade their Pentium 75 to
a Pentium 166 or higher.  When I asked why the answer was "I want to use
the latest version of Word".  This persion does nothing but word
processing.  What difference would Pentium 75/8MB/WinFWGrps/MS Works
make over Pentium 166/32MB/w95/Word?

When all these companies and magazines fill everyone's head with garbage
people will buy any crap, ultimately there is little progress.


Jeremias Sauceda
jsauceda@sprynet.com