RE: Inquiry about hardware

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Heres a comparison of the various quotes i obtained from some dealers in
> Bombay -
>
> Intel se440bx-2                  -    7500
> PII 350 MHz                        -  10900
> 64 Mb Ram                        -     3400
> ASUS V3000 zxTV          -      4700 (VGA card)
> GVC 56kbps                      -      3400
> Creative sound blaster  -       2500
>
> Total                    (gulp)    -     32400

You get what you pay for.

One thing missing in this comparison is any acknowledgement of the *reason*
why the K6 and VIA motherboard are so cheap. And that is because despite
everything you might hear, the Socket-7 architecture is dead. You can paint
yourslef into a corner by purchasing stuff like that, but in the end,
remember that you expect to be using this machine beyond 3-6 months that
your revised configuration will remain valid.

The first time you run into a program that requires P3 instructions, or run
into a bug with the VIA MVP3 chipset, your machine reaches the end of its
life.

The sane PC purchaser does not buy a machine that caters to an immediate
need. The correct way is to buy something that is a bit of an overkill for
now, which will be just right 6 months from now, and will be still usable a
year from now.

Sure, you can buy a Premier Padmini even today, but would you?

Atul

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