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druidcent wrote:I can tell you from first hand experience, Intel is very big in India.. AMD's are heard of, but AMD provides no support and a few bad stories (mainly carry overs from the K-6 days) means that no one there is willing to take a chance on AMD.
I've been trying to get my office to switch over, but since they can't get the technical support that they expect (a technician who will make house/office calls) they don't want to go with AMD... This is a real shame since AMD can be a lot cheaper and a $50 difference in price is roughly Rs.2500
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SpotTheCat wrote:what kind of CPU's do they use in Japan? China? do they have AMD/Intel over there? are they based there? I don't really know, and I feel dumb not knowing.
thegleek wrote:druidcent wrote:I can tell you from first hand experience, Intel is very big in India.. AMD's are heard of, but AMD provides no support and a few bad stories (mainly carry overs from the K-6 days) means that no one there is willing to take a chance on AMD.
I've been trying to get my office to switch over, but since they can't get the technical support that they expect (a technician who will make house/office calls) they don't want to go with AMD... This is a real shame since AMD can be a lot cheaper and a $50 difference in price is roughly Rs.2500
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lol nice. i've been to india as well. dealt with many IT companies over there.
everyone no matter who it is you're dealing with over there is looking to
save a rupee here or there. it's not about who has the fastest cpu or
the most ram. every cyber cafe out there is still running on the pentium
2's with less then 64mb ram (if even that!). i've been to chennai and
seen this, bangalore, ooty, madras, and all over karnataka and tamil nadu.
face it, india is and will always remain a 3rd world country. the best
city is still bangalore, indias silicon valley. i never made it up to see how
hyderbad is doing in the tekkie ways, but i'm sure more of the same.
druidcent wrote:I disagree with India always being a 3rd world country... India has the potential and talent to catapult into the first world.. The problem lies mainly with corrupt government officials who takes most of the money which could be used for development. I say give it 50-100 years and India will be an economic powerhouse.. You have to remember, India as a modern, sovereign nation is only about 50 years old... the youngest First world nation is around 200 years old...
FroBozz_Inc wrote:There must be schools there someplace, because around here, engineering jobs are being filled with smart, eager, engineers from India who care less about how much they make and more about getting their foot in the door. I'm reading stuff all the time about big US software companies opening develpment houses there to exploit the cheap engineering talent there. Seems that most ppl there leave (to the US, mostly) when they get enough money to. Makes you wonder how India is going to prosper long term if people leave once they get their degrees, etc...
FroBozz_Inc wrote:The same thing could be said of China, #1 in the world in population. Most of the stuff I've read says that analysts think China has the potential to catapult to the top the world in GDP. The world will be a very different place by the time I wear depends....
FroBozz_Inc wrote:In order for the US to stay on top, we need to be #1 in education like we were a few decades ago. We should use Japan's education system as a model. High School for the majority of kids today is more like party-school then a place to get the base knowledge needed to be successful in life, to have something to base your college entrance on...
Otherwise I think the USA won't be able to compete long-term.
thegleek wrote:FroBozz_Inc wrote:There must be schools there someplace, because around here, engineering jobs are being filled with smart, eager, engineers from India who care less about how much they make and more about getting their foot in the door. I'm reading stuff all the time about big US software companies opening develpment houses there to exploit the cheap engineering talent there. Seems that most ppl there leave (to the US, mostly) when they get enough money to. Makes you wonder how India is going to prosper long term if people leave once they get their degrees, etc...
oh wow...yer flipping this completely into a different level...
there are schools there and yes when the families can afford to send
their kids there, they go. and they learn, boy do they learn! cuz of the
major religious differences there and morals/values placed upon the
family. most kids in school dont mess around with drugs and girls the
way our american culture does. indian kids dont need to pack guns
to kill other kids or teachers like ours do. they have more wit then us.
our society and culture is going out the window cuz we have it too good
over here. if any of you disagree with this, go visit another country besides
canada and see for yerself...FroBozz_Inc wrote:The same thing could be said of China, #1 in the world in population. Most of the stuff I've read says that analysts think China has the potential to catapult to the top the world in GDP. The world will be a very different place by the time I wear depends....
i doubt it. india would beat china to the race. china's goverment is the
most f*&*d up goverment in the world. facism. communism. the people
are complacent cuz they fear. dont even get me started on china. i'll
just drop it now.FroBozz_Inc wrote:In order for the US to stay on top, we need to be #1 in education like we were a few decades ago. We should use Japan's education system as a model. High School for the majority of kids today is more like party-school then a place to get the base knowledge needed to be successful in life, to have something to base your college entrance on...
Otherwise I think the USA won't be able to compete long-term.
few decades? buddy, we're still in the top10. perhaps #1, not sure. but i
know we're up there... if the japanese education system is so good why
do they have the most suicides per capita in the world? o_O huh?
druidcent wrote:As for the best and brightest leaving, well yes, they come here, get their foot in the door.. about half stay, the other half only want to work for a couple years, then retire comfortably back in India. Either way, almost every Indian who comes over here sends quite a bit of money back home to family. After working in the States for 5-10 years, an engineer can retire in India with the equivalent lifestyle of a millionaire here.
druidcent wrote:As for myself, I love visiting and staying with relatives and what not, but I don't think I could live there... I think its the movies.. they very rarely get movies like X-Men, and forget about the Incredible Hulk or League of Extraordinary Gentleman... Sci-fi books there are rare as are RPG's and computer games
Hrmm.. I wonder why they are more fit
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druidcent wrote:And for some reason I like the Bollywood films.. as long as I have one of my cousins around to translate for me
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druidcent wrote:On the other hand, I've seen several Bollywood titles in Blockbuster and Hollywood video... granted they are the blockbusters over there like Lagaan (great movie by the way) but some cheese gets through as well. Basically like Hollywood movies over there...
Anyway, the titles you can rent in Blockbuster and Hollywood Video usually have subtitles, especially the DVD versions...
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thegleek wrote:true, i've seen lagaan (long movie!), and legend of bhagat singh, bendover beckham, and tons more....
druidcent wrote:Um.. I'm pretty sure you meant Bend It Like Beckham... bendover beckham is a Hollywood pron flick I'm sure
druidcent wrote:Which Bhagat Singh movie was that? There were two that released at the same time.. I have had a chance to see either
druidcent wrote:Anyway, I can't even begin to list all the movies I've seen... of course I usually watch them for the actresses (yowza!) and the costumes...
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