From: "Duncan Burch" <duncanburch AT nospam DOT usa DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Optimizations
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:01:26 +0100
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>> The fact that people think that a Pentium II 400MHz processor is
>> *needed* for any software today is an insult to all the programmers
>> out there for writing their software that way.  Sure, there are some
>> tasks that take advantage of the faster CPU (3D video games,
>> rendering, simulations, etc) but 95% of your need for a faster CPU is
>> to support *bloat*.
>>
Slighly off topic, but did you know that when intel released their new
pricing policy, they said that their objective would be to offset the
bloatedness of ms's software?