A computer mag, can't recall which one, one of the British   
    imports, did a speed test on some current models. The tests   
    covered a lot of areas, and what was tested was the difference   
    between various levels of CPU, amount of Ram and hard drive   
    differences in speed tests.   
      
    They tested four levels of each, from bottom of the current   
    lines to high level a higher end computer user might have.   
      
    From the bottom of the line to the next up CPU the jump was   
    pretty good, but from there up it was not, IMO, worth spending   
    much money on.   
      
    Ram was checked at 2 gigs, 4 gigs, 6 gigs, and 8 gigs. Now being   
    the sort of person who thinks 2 gigs is a lot that's something.   
    Again, the jump from 2 gigs to 4 gigs was big, but the only   
    place more ram was a big difference was in heavy duty   
    multitasking. Again, not worth much more money by my standards.   
      
    The same held true with the hard disks, bottom to number two,   
    big jump, above that, not that much... except... when they   
    changed from a hard drive to a solid state drive it blew all the   
    rest away. All the other variables became minor by comparison.   
    Even the ram increase didn't matter much.   
      
    Ok, I didn't know SSDs were *THAT* good. I guess I will have to   
    look into them.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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