Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call

Alan Cox
2003-02-25T18:08:38Z

On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 05:19, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > The definitive Linux box appears to be $199 from Walmart right now,
> > and its not SMP.
>
> In two year this kind of hardware probably will be SMP (HT or some
> variant).

Not if it costs money. If the cheapest reasonable x86 cpu is one that has chosen
to avoid HT and SMP it won't have HT and SMP. Think 4xUSB2 connectors, brick PSU
and no user adjustable components.