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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: K7HTH on January 06, 2005, 08:37:45 AM

Title: An Observation
Post by: K7HTH on January 06, 2005, 08:37:45 AM

I have noticed the following applies to Amiga as it does with Apple and IBM/Intel:

When you are assembling a system to meet your wants and needs you have the following choices... Fast, Good, Cheap; pick two. This is a technologial law that remains constant where no matter how hard you try you cannot have it all.

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: bloodline on January 06, 2005, 08:42:39 AM

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KD7HTH wrote:
I have noticed the following applies to Amiga as it does with Apple and IBM/Intel:

When you are assembling a system to meet your wants and needs you have the following choices... Fast, Good, Cheap; pick two. This is a technologial law that remains constant where no matter how hard you try you cannot have it all.

Sounds good to me. I'd hate to have fast and expensive.

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: K7HTH on January 06, 2005, 08:59:01 AM

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bloodline wrote:
Sounds good to me. I'd hate to have fast and expensive.

But no doubt it would be Good!

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: bloodline on January 06, 2005, 09:01:32 AM

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KD7HTH wrote:

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bloodline wrote:
Sounds good to me. I'd hate to have fast and expensive.

But no doubt it would be Good!

Good is such a subjective term... as long as it lasts until the next upgrade :-D

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: Thomas on January 06, 2005, 09:24:07 AM

It is a general rule that you can have either quality or quantity, not both. High quality makes parts expensive, high quantity makes them cheap.

"Fast" and "good" are both terms of quality, so "fast and bad" or "slow and good" aren't choices. (What is "good" if it is not fast ?)

Bye,
Thomas

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: K7HTH on January 06, 2005, 10:06:33 AM

Take a mother board with a fast FSB, integrated sound, and video selling at a cheap price. But the board crashes often or over heats easily, or the video is low res or the sound is tinny and distorted. Hence, Fast, Cheap, but no Good.

Take the A1 it is fast, good, but it sure ain't cheap.

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: bloodline on January 06, 2005, 03:04:06 PM

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KD7HTH wrote:
Take a mother board with a fast FSB, integrated sound, and video selling at a cheap price. But the board crashes often or over heats easily, or the video is low res or the sound is tinny and distorted. Hence, Fast, Cheap, but no Good.

Take the A1 it is fast, good, but it sure ain't cheap.

One out of three isn't bad :-)

Title: Re: An Observation
Post by: dauber on January 07, 2005, 03:47:42 AM

Hmmm...I'll have to disagree. A year ago my wife and I bought a Sony Vaio tower that's fast, was pretty cheap for what we got, and is good.

Note that I didn't say "great." :-)  [Why else would I be posting this with my AMIGA 4000?!?  8-)  ]