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One can only hope so, or Intel's potential monopoly will turn out to be real. The graphs on Power Consumption Results : Efficiency Comparison: Sandy Bridge Vs. Intel And AMD CPUs are horrifying for anyone who wants Intel's prices kept decent by at least one credible alternative supplier.

Stunning difference whooo!!

I remember the last time Intel really did have a monopoly in the PC market. I don't ever want to see it again.

AMD has to step it up to stay in the game that's a given (buldozer) maybe AMD is still only reaching the low end of the market. Catching Intel will be difficult they put lots of $$$$ in to R&D and it pays off with processors that are just better at this time.

Better maybe, but you're not going to catch me paying "$999" for a CPU to power my desktop workstation. I'm happy to part with a tenth of that.

I agree not necessary for workstations. Gamers will buy them they have a need for speed..

Have you seen today's announcement - Windows has now been ported onto an ARM chip?

BBC News - CES 2011: Microsoft shows Windows running on Arm chips

Given that ARM chips outsell Intel already it could prove to be serious competition - and the equivalent power consumption charts would blow Intel away altogether

ETA - The ARM chip has long been my favourite, a pleasure to program and far more flexible than any other I've come across.

interesting as every mobile phone to my knowledge run on ARM CHIPS. I love good competition Intel needs someone to bring them down a notch.

CARLA;1349843 wrote: interesting as every mobile phone to my knowledge run on ARM CHIPS. I love good competition Intel needs someone to bring them down a notch.


Would I run up my ARM based system and replace RiscOS with Windows? I wouldn't degrade it by trying.

Would I expect to see ARM based laptops coming onto the market running Windows? Certainly, and I'd expect battery life to be measured in days.

I saw a graph last night that was germane... hang on...

Nvidia forges ARM chip for PCs and servers ? Channel Register

Half way down.

That's not just "outsell".

I just like you used "rabbit" in your thread title.

Some components last longer than others, mind. I just printed a self-test page from my printer. "Firmware Datecode 19920603". Which was the year I bought the printer. It's a Laserjet 4. I'm not sure how much longer machines will come equipped with a parallel port though.

Much to my surprise I just purchase 6 new Windows 7 machines for the office. Guess what parallel ports are being offered again YEAH..!! for the longest time you had to pay extra for them which I have. I have some Laserjet 5's in the office that are perfectly good printers for staff to use. Sure you can get a parallel USB cable but if you don't need to that's even better. Lots of good parallel printer still out there. Also they installed perfectly with windows 7 no driver issues at all.