Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:32:41 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did 
> spake, saying:
> 
>> OK, so as you probably worked out, green = good, pink = bad. 
>> (Unbelievably, Excel appears to lack the ability to draw light red.)
> 
> I thought light red was pink?

I used to think that too. Now I realise that "pink" is actually light 
purple. (I.e., it's like light red, but with more blue in it...)

>> The three points on the right of the chart are all Intel Core 2 
>> [Extreme] Quad CPUs. That amonolous-looking middle point might 
>> actually be incorrect. [It's the PassMark rating for an "Intel Core2 
>> Extreme Q6800 @ 2.98 GHz" together with the ebuyer price for an "Intel 
>> Core 2 Extreme Quad QX68002.98 GHz". I'm not 100% sure those are the 
>> same product.]
> 
> Either that one or the 4000+ passmark looks anomalous.



Either the QX6800 is really over-priced, or the X9650 is really cheap...

> What does the trendline look like?

Uh... good luck with that. ;-)

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