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- Path: sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!nuscc!eletanjm
- From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
- Subject: Re: BUSES
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.095712.17550@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- References: <54988@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 09:57:12 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
- : In article <BrusoI.2so@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- : >In article <1992Jul23.092211.18462@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
- :
- : .......................
- :
- : >>Also, if I get my file within 0.5 sec as opposed to 1.0 sec, will I
- : >>notice enough to pay for the hardware?
- :
- : >If you get a hundred files in 50 seconds as opposed to 100, you will notice.
-
- Yes I would notice. But how often does that happen to the **average**
- user. Remember that ALL users regardless of whether they need the Super
- Duper Fast bus or not have to pay for it.
-
- :
- : If you do not notice the difference in getting your file in .5 sec, you have
- : an unusually slow reaction time. With a useful window system, this is a
- : real major nuisance.
-
- Well................. Maybe I do. Somehow I don't think it's terribly
- important. One example that comes to mind is OS/2 2.0. People are raving
- about its features etc etc although the GUI/OS combo is bloated and not
- terribly fast (in a typical configuration on an ISA bus machine).
-
- Besides speed, what else do you think is important in a desktop bus?
-
- jin meng
-