speeding up computers (was Re: Terminals...)

[Ethan Dicks]

On 8/23/10, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> But I've seen people ditch their desktop 2GHz P4 system for a new
> desktop Core Duo box in the hope that it will make their dialup
> connection faster.

If you know any such people, they can ditch it at me.  ;-)
Personally, when I get asked "how can I make my computer go faster?",
I tell people, "type faster.  It's waiting on you."

Then there's the old joke:

  How do you accelerate a Macintosh?

  Toss it out the window and it'll go 9.8m/s^2.

-ethan