From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:08:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:08:38 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:19588 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:08:37 -0500 Subject: Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call From: Alan Cox To: Chris Wedgwood Cc: Larry McVoy , "Martin J. Bligh" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030225051956.GA18302@f00f.org> References: <1510000.1045942974@[10.10.2.4]> <20030222195642.GI1407@work.bitmover.com> <2080000.1045947731@[10.10.2.4]> <20030222231552.GA31268@work.bitmover.com> <3610000.1045957443@[10.10.2.4]> <20030224045616.GB4215@work.bitmover.com> <48940000.1046063797@[10.10.2.4]> <20030224065826.GA5665@work.bitmover.com> <1046093309.1246.6.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030225051956.GA18302@f00f.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1046200818.4096.23.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-4) Date: 25 Feb 2003 19:20:19 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.