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To: Dr. Sivana

“If you need features or power, you certainly have to spend more than a couple of hundred dollars.”

Specifically, what are talking about re:features, power?


7 posted on 01/31/2018 6:37:02 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
specifically, what are talking about re:features, power?

In my case, it is running numerous functions on three related databases, one of which has two million records and over 1,000 fields. Exporting subsets to a spreadsheet as it is can take two hours. It would take all day on a couple of hundred dollar machine, and would likely crash it. Three D modeling, 3D printing, certain kinds of animation, high res rendering that requires mumtiple screens ... all call for more than a bare bones unit. And then there’s the bitcoin miners...
15 posted on 02/01/2018 3:57:57 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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