On Thursday 21 March 2002 06:29 am, you wrote:
> > > AGP card seem to slow the system down when running Linux . Probobly
> > > cause they both use the same IRQ. I guess its something to do with the
> > > IRQ sharing (Windows doesn't have this problem with sharing IRQ's).
> >
> > Windows may not exibit the problem but that doesn't mean it isn't there.
> > I'm sure civilme could expound more but this is a common misconception.
> > All in not well in the windows world it just hides problems better.
> >
> > > /MattB
>
> I actually get the impression that windows will install on systems with
> hardware problems, where Linux will hard lock during the install process.
> I've seen at least 2 systems where Linux won't install, like it's probing
> hardware and finds a problem, but windows installs just fine.
> So far, this is just a theory, but I know windows can do strange things as
> far as recognizing hardware, and then when it misidentifies it, it uses it
> as something else.
Yes this is true but just because it installs doesn't mean everything is ok.
I own a small computer store and It's kind of funny; the public looks at it
kind of like a toaster if they turn it on and it runs thats all they care
about. It doesn't matter if everything is running with shunted drivers that
are good enough to just barely make it run as long as it runs. You may not
notice a slow down in windows but that doesn't mean the subsystems aren't
running slower than they could.
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