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Old April 19th, 2008, 01:57 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Terminal Server View Post
I'm sure these chips will serve a purpose for applications and situations that can utilize this increase in number crunching power and such. But to the average consumer, it will barely be noticed. It's like driving a $600,000 Lamborghini to work.....when you live four residential blocks away.
The design was never intended for consumer level computing.
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