---
title: "The perfect birthday gift"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/24/the-perfect-birthday-gift.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/24/the-perfect-birthday-gift.html"
published: "2003-09-24T12:17:00"
updated: "2003-09-24T12:17:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Can I have this for my birthday? it's a P4 3,8 Ghz and it's only 7,800$. (link via Chris )"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# The perfect birthday gift

By Roy Osherove September 24, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 24, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Can I have [this](http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm) for my birthday? it's a P4 3,8 Ghz and it's only 7,800$. (link via [Chris](http://www.sellsbrothers.com/))

## More in Off Topic

[All posts in Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

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- Sep 24, 2003

    ### [Some stuff](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/24/some-stuff.html)

- Sep 23, 2003

    ### [PDC hype and real actions](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/23/pdc-hype-and-real-actions.html)

- Sep 23, 2003

    ### [Installation woes and SqlJunkies](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/23/installation-woes-and-sqljunkies.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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