> I've run my 233MHz PII at 250MHz (2.5 x 100MHz), at 257MHz (2.5 x 103MHz), and now, daringly for me, at 280MHz (2.5 x 112MHz). It will be a couple of years before I upgrade the processor, since I have a limited budget and only want to have to make one processor upgrade. So sometime in 2000 I hope to buy a 500MHz Katmai processor; until then, I think I can get by just fine running at 280MHz. A 280MHz system should be just becoming obsolete in Q1 2000, after which it seems justifiable to make that big upgrade.
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> This is starting to sound like the Intel Processor Forum, which I used to frequent almost as much as I do RinkWorks now. The next two big upgrades on my wish list are 64MB of PC-100 SDRAM (only 32MB in my system right now) and a Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. If I sound like a hardware junkie, hey-you've got me pegged. I know diddly-squat about coding, and folks like Sam who have jobs programming appear to me wreathed in a terrible majesty of arcane genius. Or something like that. I'm about halfway through _The Two Towers_ right now, can you tell? :-)
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> Iss "upgrading to a Borg implant in AD 2007" achar

So, Iss, did you get that 500 MHz Katmai processor like you hoped to get in the year 2000? And is that goal of having 64MB of RAM still current?

I don't mean to be sarcastic, but I'm just amazed at the leaps and bounds that technology is making.

Ell"I never really thought about the idea of having any use for more than 128MB of RAM, but now it's a reality."myruh