From: dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills)

In article , "Rich"  wrote:
>   I can't speak for everyone but I expect ordinary users value a CPU
>for its peak performance and responsiveness not the steady state and
>throughput.  When you make a claim that some specific speed is all that
>they need you are making a claim on the value of that user's time.  When
>a user clicks a button or similar, they want the computer respond
>immediately.

Agreed. "Transient" response as you defined above was my criteria
for "fast enough" in my post. One reason I've felt no need to
upgrade my mail/news machine is because it is responds essentially
instantly to my input. I can be very productive with it, and I do value my
time - I have a limited amount of time in a day to spend on mail and news.
The faster I can do it, the more value I get from it.

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Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
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