Is it any wonder they can't meet sales projections? No wonder the stock
is falling! Foolish not to dance with the one you brought.................
RN
Stan Sieler wrote:
> Re:
> > >rally the users to complain about the software crippled CPU of the
> > >A-Class HP e3000. (The 440 MHz CPU is software reduced to 110 CPU)
> >
> >
> > HP have for many years produced roadmaps showing that they aim to increase
> > processor performance by about 30% annually.
> >
> > The 917 was introduced in 1992, running at 32 Mhz. Compounding 30% growth
> > a year since then should now give us an entry level system over 1200% faster,
> > equivalent to a 917 running around 400 Mhz. Guess what: the entry-level
> > HP9000 A400 runs at 440 Mhz.
>
> We've known the HP 3000 could, with one hand tied behind its back,
> beat an HP 9000.
>
> Apparently, we've finally convinced HP ...
> so now they've tied *both* hands behind the 3000's back! :(
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