16+ seconds on the 2nd load, meaning a lot of the page was already in my browser cache from the first load. EDIT: fixed the 16 seconds load time #.
This is an interesting and humorous debate. Do you prefer Porsche or Chevy? Well, hell ya I prefer the machine that costs triple. However, I have kids (3 currently in college) and I'm not buying any of them or me a Porsche. I'm sticking to my crappy Chevy and when I'm tired of it I won't upgrade it, I'll just buy another because they go on sale, super cheap. When my kids are through college I may buy myself a Porsche, though I may just buy a cheap Chevy and put Linux on it. Like Denny I've used Unix/Linux since the 80s at work. p.s. Denny, interested in a watch that doesn't need batteries or winding? Check this out: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/passages-a-watch-by-william-shatner-and-egard pps. I think internet connection speed is actually much more important than software or hardware and mine sucks.
The very best argument here. You are absolutely, positively correct! And there is no shame in that either. The shame is the Chevy owner trying to justify his car is as good or even better than a Porsche! Keep up the good fight! I admire your honesty...
It sounds like we're a lot alike. I drove a 1972 VW Bus until it wouldn't go anymore. Then I upgraded to a 1984 VW Vanagon and drove it until it wouldn't go anymore. I rebuilt the engines in those quite at least 3 times each. I did buy a porsche 944 once. It was 20 years old and cost me just a few thousand and another couple thousand to rebuild the motor. Most fun car I ever owned. I would much rather buy a car that's one year old than a new one. Pretty much the same car, a little worn, but save a lot of money. There isn't any real benefit that the car isn't less safe or doesn't go slower or something. At 10 miles per hour over the limit, you're asking for a ticket anyhow.
Holy shit I remembered those?!?! I wanted one soooo bad in junior high. I was like "I can cheat on my math test!"
Denny you hear about Mac mini conversions as a server? For 999, you can have a 2 terabyte server and link it to a raid hard drive platform. Total system cost... $1,500
Mac Mini costs $599. A 3TB external USB 3 drive costs $112.15 on amazon. http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-mini?product=MD387LL/A&step=config http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expan...302&sr=1-1&keywords=3 tb external hard drives That's 3.5 terabytes for about $700.
My 90MHz Pentium computer spent 99% of the CPU just to play an MP3 music file. If you wanted your computer to do anything else at the same time, your music stuttered or your other things went much much slower.
If you're reading/writing to multiple disks at the same time, you probably will see better throughput with thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is ridiculously fast. Much much much faster than SSDs transfer data.
