From: Ad 

Rich wrote:
>    You made comparison on CPU power which you edited out of this message
> maybe to hide that.

Rubbish. I just dislike massive quotebacks as most people assume that
threading is there for that vs having the entire thread in each post.

I did make a comparison on CPU power but CPU power is not what makes a
mainframe where instead it's stuff like IO etc.

I'd hate to assume you know something as basic as that though however one
wonders why you used a mainframe if you were simply talking about CPU
power.

> That comparison is bogus just as much for PCs as it
> is for mainframes.
>

Rubbish. A GPCPU is a GPCPU. The form factor changes nothing.

Do you have a CPU, RAM & persistent storage? If so what is the speed of
the system as a whole?



>    Now you are trying to make a silly comparison over how or when folks
> use the term "computer".  To point out how silly this is, I have been
> told that my personal car has a number of "computers" in it.  What
> rediculous claims do you want to make about that?
>

Depends on what they do. I have a friend who has installed a computer in
his car which plays films, MP3 etc. I believe it's a small cold running via
cpu based device & currently runs linux but could run an obscure
operating system called "Windows" & is accessed through
either a touchscreen &/or a bluetooth keyboard.


I suppose that since it can run "Windows" it should be discounted
as being a computer & instead be classified as an "entertainment
device" or possibly "electronic toy".


Adam

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