[rescue] x86 power question

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Magnus wrote:
>> The *laptop* I'm working on right now has *four times* as much space in 
>> its *video memory* as my first *hard drive*.
>>
>> That's ridiculous.
> 
> Yeah but how many frames grabbed from a modern video game could fit on 
> that hard drive?

Uncompressed?  Probably not even one.  Who cares?

> How many frames is that newfangled card rendering per second, at obscene 
> resolutions (1600x1200 or higher)?

70?  75?  Who cares?  Is the machine making me substantially more 
productive than my old machine did?  Maybe.  Enough to justify that kind 
of increase?  Probably not.

Peace...  Sridhar