Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-14 Thread Byron Pezan
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:58:39 -0400 Byron Pezan wrote: FYI here is an lspci output from a Dell Centrino machine. The Broadcom entry at the bottom is the builtin wireless card, which incidentally only works with NDISWrapper. AFAIK the Centrino branding requires

Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-14 Thread Travis Rousseau
On 4/12/05, Charles Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/12/05, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:26:39 -0400 Charles Pittman wrote: Do all Pentium M processors have integrated wireless? I guess that would explain the wireless on/off button on the

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2005-04-14 Thread Robert G. Hays
Travis Rousseau wrote: snip Ha I was told it would cost extra to get a computer without windows. (somethin like $80) Yes, *WHY* does it cost more without WindoZZZe? (Answer: Because MonopolSoft threatens vendors into doing this.) I suggest NOT buying from vendors that do this. If Linux ever

Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-12 Thread Charles Pittman
On Apr 12, 2005 12:09 AM, Peter Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Jerry McBride wrote: Because I KNOW it works on AMD mobile chips, first hand. I've never even looked at Intel mobile processors Probably never will...Don't disregard the Pentium M so quickly. The Pentium4 is a

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2005-04-12 Thread Richard Fish
Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 22:05 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote: Isn't that what the -march=pentium-m and -mtune=pentium-m flags are for in GCC 3.4? That's what it should be for. Friend of mine used 3.4 on a BSD machine to compile apps using pentium-m and results were

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2005-04-12 Thread Robert G. Hays
Richard Fish wrote: Ok, since nobody is actually bothering to _read_ article that I linked to, let me quote a small piece: Hey!! -- I Resent That! -- *I* read the article, and I use AMD's! And I read the whole thing, too, *examined* the charts! (Just so you know it wasn't wasted ;) -- Have a

Re: Pentium M is actually quite good. (Was: Re: Laptop_Mode was[Re: [OT] Ext3 Speed Issues? (Was: Re: [gentoo-user] file system corrupted)])

2005-04-11 Thread Richard Fish
Peter Gordon wrote: Jerry McBride wrote: Because I KNOW it works on AMD mobile chips, first hand. I've never even looked at Intel mobile processors Probably never will... Don't disregard the Pentium M so quickly. The Pentium4 is a _horrible_ architecture: Intel wanted a CPU that could

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2005-04-11 Thread Peter Gordon
Isn't that what the -march=pentium-m and -mtune=pentium-m flags are for in GCC 3.4? -- () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML Email, /\ vCards, and proprietary formats. --- Peter A. Gordon (codergeek42) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key