It's not only a matter of power... (Score 1)

Looks like that improving a car or a computer consists only of more and more and more power. What about handling all that power efficiently?

A 300hp car is useless if it ain't got good brakes, suspension, etc. The same applies to computers. It's sad to see people trying to run faster processors and forgetting to use more memory (avoid swapping), faster disks, efficient OS's, etc.

As an example, I race an old '96 145hp bike. I managed to drop my track times by a few seconds not by getting more power, but with the help of two fork springs from White Power and a rear damper from Ohlins (in my country racing is more concerned with fast cornering rather than brute acceleration).

Anyway, back to the original question, these two types of geeks have a common place: Just google at "carpc".