Re: using laptops for music

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

Exactly!   After all, I'm typing this with a PC running Windows ME!!!!!
And yes, none of the software I bought a few years ago is getting updated 
on
ME.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: using laptops for music


> And so the new buying frenzie will begin....but for those of us who use 
>an
> "If it ain't broke than don't fix it" approach, then we'll of course be
> running our frail little 32 bit apps on a 64 bit architecture as long we
can
> and until nothing left in the market that is backwards compatible.
>
> Kris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:13 PM
> Subject: Re: using laptops for music
>
>
> > Say after me....dual-core, sixty-four...  It's the wave of the future.
> > Soon, I will advise not to buy any high-end PC that is not 64-Bit
capable.
> > It will be like buying NT on the day XP was released.
> >
> > Are there (m)any - applications that leverage that power today?  The
> answer
> > is YES -- but they are currently running on UNIX-boxes.  Remember, not
so
> > many years ago, PCs didn't run 32-bit applications, too.
> >
> > Check out these charts:
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com.au/shared/images/products/intel_amd_vs8.gif
> > http://www.passmark.com/cpureview/pics/cpuspeed_mmx_add6.gif
> >
>
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/intel%20pentium%204%20570j_111304101117/5454.png
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kris Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: using laptops for music
> >
> >
> > > You must be referrinng to desktops, Kim, right?. I've seen some data
as
> > > well, comparing apples to apples (no pun intended) in mobile 
>processor
> > > technology, cache, performance, processor speed, etc...and Intel 
>shows
> in
> > > the lead. But AMD clearly has the lead in desktops. Also, regarding
the
> > > 64bit stuff...who the heck has 64bit apps to use that technology? Do
> you?
> > > Not many
> > >
> > > Send me the articles that show that AMD is beating Intil in the 
>mobile
> > > processor space, showing the specs next to each other, etc. I am
really
> > > curious to see the data, not marketing or analyst fluff.
> > >
> > > Kris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com>
> > > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:00 PM
> > > Subject: Re: using laptops for music
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 05:47 AM 10/26/2005, Kris Hartung wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course, if Apple really wants high performance they'll use
AMD
> > > CPUs.
> > > > >
> > > > >You are kidding, right?
> > > >
> > > > no, not at all. AMD has been leading Intel in CPU performance and
> > features
> > > > for the last couple years. Intel is not expected to even come close
to
> > > > catching up for at least another year. They completely dropped the
> ball
> > in
> > > > their R&D in the last few years. It's been analyzed to death in all
> the
> > > > business papers, engineering technical journals, Microprocessor
> Report,
> > > > hardware review sites, etc. Hard to miss that story.
> > > >
> > > > Look at any hardware review site. What are the top performance PCs?
> AMD
> > > > 64bit cpu with Nvidia Nforce4 SLI chipsets. That's what all the
gamers
> > > use,
> > > > and they are the most fanatical about performance. Right now, AMD
> wipes
> > > the
> > > > floor with Intel. And the results for AMD have been good. The
business
> > > > press just this week was reporting how AMD has had dramatic market
> share
> > > > gains against Intel.
> > > >
> > > > >   Personally, I don't think they stand a chance to keep up with
> Intel
> > > > >innovation and their current partnerships, such as (historically),
> the
> > > > >Titantium Intel process that was developed in collaboration with 
>HP
> and
> > > > >Intel for their UNIX boxes.
> > > >
> > > > Itanium is the correct name. That cpu is considered one of the
biggest
> > > > flops of the last decade. You didn't really mean that as a good
> example
> > > did
> > > > you? Most people call it the "Itanic".
> > > >
> > > > anyway, sorry to drag this further off topic.
> > > >
> > > > kim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
> > > > kflint@loopers-delight.com    | http://www.loopers-delight.com
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