Mach PC

[marcus]

Any thoughts on this?

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm

I guess the question on everyones lips, is at 3.8Ghz, exactly how fast does it open Excel?

[Sarkster]

My Initial thought would be something like.. "EIGHT GRAND!!! WTF???"

but this made me giggle..

"It is also the first commercially available Personal SuperComputer"

[Super Stu]

I remember when we first broke the 1ghz barrier (well, when the PC first broke it.. the DEC Alpha, may it rest in peace, was caining 1ghz long before the PC dreamt of it). It wasn't something you could buy from Intel or AMD though, it was one of these refridgerator cases which would let you run your original Slot A athlon 700 @ 1ghz (or was it 1.1, forget which). The case alone cost you ~?2000, so you can imagine how much owners must have cried when official 1ghz chips were two a penny. Ironic you can now get a processor twice the speed for about the same as an expensive round at a Leicester square pub.

So, I suppose you could argue that you could whack in sommit fancy into the case when the p4 EE is a bit ****e, thus cooling whatever it is down to insane temps and high speeds. Utimately though, you're a completely bloody tart

More interesting is their self proclaimed SuperComputer title, though I would guess it's more tongue in cheek than official. You never know though, because Jobs reckons his Apples are supercomputer classed. If that's official, it's time to raise the entry qualification for supercomputer classification imho.

[oracle]

Is it really a super computer i dont think a 3.8 p4 cpu is classified as a super computer also

Pu Ram?

screams fake

unless there are more details on it

[Roost]

Any thoughts on this?

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm

I guess the question on everyones lips, is at 3.8Ghz, exactly how fast does it open Excel?

No No No, the question is, can it run GT3?

[Ciaran]

Pu Ram?

screams fake

No thats definatly real.

Its just a really big and fast flash card that cost $4999.

[Burai]

Jesus. It's like Alienware, but even more knobbish.

"We put a load of top-end components in a flashy case, downloaded a ton of freeware for Windows and installed it so can now say we bundle a Windows XP special edition and now we're selling it to stupid idiots with too much money and not enough sense."

[Afterbirth]

taking Intel's Pentium 4 CPU to speeds 3.8GHz* and ready to support next generation Pentium 5 Prescott CPU.

That just says it all really. Buy now, Buy later. At that price, its is a joke. Only, its not.

[Loc Dogg]

I was gonna get that case, Vapochill or summit but found out it was like ?700 which i don't really think i need to spend, looks very cool though

[Ciaran]

I was gonna get that case, Vapochill or summit but found out it was like ?700 which i don't really think i need to spend, looks very cool though

No there "only" ?521.70.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/VapoChill_Systems.html

[Loc Dogg]

YAY! I was hoping it would be reduced to a reasonable price
Definatley getting one now!

[Magnakai]

Sure, it's all just top quality stock components.
but daaaayamn, man.
Does it look tasty.