these are the most ridiculous things. if you could peg a given configuration with a single number, it would be easy. But "mix[ing] workloads from [many tests]" is just idiotic. It simply produces an arbitrary number that doesn't mean enough to matter.
So if my configuration is stellar at financial modelling, and terrible at the others, then my config will get a low number? And if I'm a financial modeller, and need to purchase a machine for dedicated financial modelling, then I'd be better off purchasing this config with it's low score. It's just a meaningless number.
On the other hand, having six numbers to represent six dimensions makes sense. But we already have that -- in the form of clock speeds, latencies, power envelopes, and kick-ass in-depth reviews by T.R..
It's just like the whole performance-dollars thing. Yeah, sparing ten performance points for twenty dollar points is worthwhile, unless the twenty bucks doesn't matter to you and the better performance does. You know, like, for every profitable business doing business things with those performance points. If $20 saves 10 seconds 100 times annually per employee, well, how much do you pay your employees? What if it avoids a single customer-facing problem?
It's just stupid. That's why the TR system guide flexes that price budget. That's why we all do. Hey, sometimes your girl just likes the pink laptop sleeve -- because it matches the pink laptop. Sure it won't protect the laptop from anything but spit. And sure it'll be covered in mud in no time. And you can't remind her that the back-pack provides much better protection, and suits her cycling to work. Damn it, the sleeve is pink and that's worth the money independent of the performance points.
So if my configuration is stellar at financial modelling, and terrible at the others, then my config will get a low number? And if I'm a financial modeller, and need to purchase a machine for dedicated financial modelling, then I'd be better off purchasing this config with it's low score. It's just a meaningless number.
On the other hand, having six numbers to represent six dimensions makes sense. But we already have that -- in the form of clock speeds, latencies, power envelopes, and kick-ass in-depth reviews by T.R..
It's just like the whole performance-dollars thing. Yeah, sparing ten performance points for twenty dollar points is worthwhile, unless the twenty bucks doesn't matter to you and the better performance does. You know, like, for every profitable business doing business things with those performance points. If $20 saves 10 seconds 100 times annually per employee, well, how much do you pay your employees? What if it avoids a single customer-facing problem?
It's just stupid. That's why the TR system guide flexes that price budget. That's why we all do. Hey, sometimes your girl just likes the pink laptop sleeve -- because it matches the pink laptop. Sure it won't protect the laptop from anything but spit. And sure it'll be covered in mud in no time. And you can't remind her that the back-pack provides much better protection, and suits her cycling to work. Damn it, the sleeve is pink and that's worth the money independent of the performance points.