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What is the minimum spec machine you would buy today?   [Edit]

Survey period: 19 Jan 2003 to 26 Jan 2003

New games, new OS's, new .NET. They all mean our kick-ass box of 2 years ago is now obsolete. What CPU/RAM specs are you choosing today?

Q1. CPU speed (in total, adjust for dual proc)

OptionVotes% 
under 1GHz1496.85
>= 1GHz53924.79
>= 2GHz1,10550.83
>= 3GHz23010.58
>= 4 GHz1516.95

Q2. RAM

OptionVotes% 
under 256 Mb642.94
>= 256 Mb50923.41
>= 512 Mb1,15052.90
>= 1 Gb35016.10
>= 2 Gb1014.65

Q3. Any must-have's?

View optional text answers (547 answers)


 
GeneralFast is Better Pin
Renjith Ramachandran23-Jan-03 4:21
Renjith Ramachandran23-Jan-03 4:21 
General400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
Eric Anderton22-Jan-03 8:25
Eric Anderton22-Jan-03 8:25 
GeneralRe: 400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
Anthony_Yio22-Jan-03 17:28
Anthony_Yio22-Jan-03 17:28 
GeneralRe: 400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
murjev22-Jan-03 20:32
murjev22-Jan-03 20:32 
GeneralRe: 400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
Eric Anderton23-Jan-03 5:49
Eric Anderton23-Jan-03 5:49 
GeneralRe: 400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
michaelhc23-Jan-03 17:36
michaelhc23-Jan-03 17:36 
GeneralRe: 400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
Eric Anderton24-Jan-03 6:44
Eric Anderton24-Jan-03 6:44 
GeneralRe: 400Mhz can get the job done.. sometimes. Pin
jelaft26-Jan-03 11:11
jelaft26-Jan-03 11:11 
GeneralBad news for the Chip industry Pin
jhwurmbach22-Jan-03 1:40
jhwurmbach22-Jan-03 1:40 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
#realJSOP22-Jan-03 2:22
mve#realJSOP22-Jan-03 2:22 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
jhwurmbach22-Jan-03 2:28
jhwurmbach22-Jan-03 2:28 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
Anonymous22-Jan-03 8:09
Anonymous22-Jan-03 8:09 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
Anthony_Yio22-Jan-03 17:25
Anthony_Yio22-Jan-03 17:25 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
Matt Philmon24-Jan-03 2:56
Matt Philmon24-Jan-03 2:56 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
jhwurmbach24-Jan-03 3:07
jhwurmbach24-Jan-03 3:07 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
Matt Philmon24-Jan-03 3:34
Matt Philmon24-Jan-03 3:34 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
jhwurmbach24-Jan-03 3:51
jhwurmbach24-Jan-03 3:51 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
Stan Shannon24-Jan-03 3:34
Stan Shannon24-Jan-03 3:34 
GeneralRe: Bad news for the Chip industry Pin
Chris Hansson25-Jan-03 10:14
Chris Hansson25-Jan-03 10:14 
Stan Shannon wrote:
It will be the job of we programmers to create code so slow, bloated, and clunky that the extra speed will become essential. Get to work!

That is easy enough to do, just write Thick Clients in Java using Swing <grin>
GeneralWhat if..... Pin
Jon Newman21-Jan-03 8:14
Jon Newman21-Jan-03 8:14 
GeneralRe: What if..... Pin
Jim Crafton22-Jan-03 6:51
Jim Crafton22-Jan-03 6:51 
GeneralRe: What if..... Pin
zenboy22-Jan-03 10:44
zenboy22-Jan-03 10:44 
GeneralThe need for speed Pin
nickntg21-Jan-03 5:15
nickntg21-Jan-03 5:15 
Generalredundant??? Pin
Marc Clifton21-Jan-03 1:04
mvaMarc Clifton21-Jan-03 1:04 
GeneralGroup and sort optional answers, please ... Pin
A.Wegierski20-Jan-03 18:44
A.Wegierski20-Jan-03 18:44 

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