P4 Extreme Edition discontinued

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"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
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This article states that the original P4EE is being discontinued.

Who cares? I think $100 is too much for a CPU. But $400+??! Ouch.

You aren't in the target market. Who cares?

Indy cars are cool, but not very practical as grocery-getters. (I'm not a
3D gamer or anything like that though, but I think that segment may get
too much press rather than more practical computing).

Perhaps you're right, though the g(l)amers are the ones who *do*
need performance. There are others in that category, but to hold
your nose up at those who do want to spend the bux is a tad lame,
don't you think? Yes, I bought an Opteron 144, pretty much
because I can. ;-) ...and no, I don't do games either.

--
Keith

"KR" == KR Williams writes:

KR In article ,
KR says...
"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
t.cable.rogers.com...
This article states that the original P4EE is being
discontinued.

Who cares? I think $100 is too much for a CPU. But $400+??!
Ouch.

KR You aren't in the target market. Who cares?

Indy cars are cool, but not very practical as grocery-getters.
(I'm not a 3D gamer or anything like that though, but I think that
segment may get too much press rather than more practical
computing).

KR Perhaps you're right, though the g(l)amers are the ones who *do*
KR need performance. There are others in that category, but to hold
KR your nose up at those who do want to spend the bux is a tad lame,
KR don't you think? Yes, I bought an Opteron 144, pretty much
KR because I can. ;-) ...and no, I don't do games either.

Another reason to buy a faster CPU would be to increasing overall
system lifetime. I find it amazing these days that cases, and cpu fans
can cost more than memory or processors.

Later,

Alan