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Article #623193Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: J. Clarke
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:45
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:45
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:38:31 +0100, David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote: >On 22/06/2018 17:20, Andrew Swallow wrote: >> On 22/06/2018 11:53, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: >>> On 22/06/2018 11:36, Peter Flass wrote: >>>> >>>> Of course as a mainframe guy, I never could see why companies would >>>> want to >>>> run mission-critical stuff on glorified video game consoles anyhow. >> > >Its also interesting that the CELL CPU which was first used in the Sony >PlayStation is also the basis of the chips used in IBM mainframes. > >In order to provide fast graphics modern Games Consoles need fast CPUs. >Much more so than a typical PC... This is true--a hardcore PC gamer will spend more than the price of a game console on his video hardware alone. > > >>> An interesting viewpoint of the world of the PC! >>> >>> >> That is what most people in IBM thought until sales of PCs exceeded >> sales of mainframes. > > >
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