Tony Smith wrote:
> Surely you've managed you spot the trolls these days.

Is this the pot calling the pot black?

> Hardware is cheap, software isn't.  A PC is a few of hours of your
> hourly rate.  How much auto-router code does that buy?

I'm not sure if you're just trolling or somehow really didn't get the point,
so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.  I was using the Eagle autorouter
merely as a example of something that consumes a lot of CPU time on current
machines because you claimed no such programs existed.

As for your side point, show me a machine for $2000 that can complete any of
the Eagle auto routes I've done in under a minute and I'll buy it.  In the
mean time I'll keep upgrading my PC occasionally.  I'm not going to run out
and get a new PC every 6 months though just because it would 25% faster.
Even ignoring the purchase price, there is a cost in down time of installing
all the software getting everything set up just the way I like, etc.  It
usually takes a day or even more just to switch to a new computer.  Anyway,
this is irrelevant to the point at hand.


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