On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, [iso-8859-15] St�phane Teletch�a wrote: > It seems my mobo is an APIC-only one. ACPI, you mean?
> Why doesn't it be included in the kernel ? > (Too much work, unstable, ???) Bad, unconsistent implementation in BIOSes, although it is getting better, 'they say.' > My old win98 can handle power off the cpu without any trouble. Yeah right, unless it is acceptable for the computer to hang in the power down process, making you wonder if the sync-to-disk has finished so that you can savely switch it off manually. And maybe there is a big switch-case statement in Win98 for all the motherboards around. Hmm, maybe that's where the performance drop comes from :-) Hey, we could mimick this to better reflect Windows behavior so that we don't scare those users from switching to Linux. We have performance in(?) spare anyway. BTW, my computer switches off quite nicely, I haven't tried sleeping or hybernation lately though... > Is linux older ? Yes, in fact it is (foundation-wise) and not so full of half-working features, although it is changing (both ways). > Stef, a bit disappointed. > Well, that's the nature of the game I'm afraid. The question is how long do you stay disappointed with each OS. Guy, a bit less disappointed since he made "The Switch" (a long time ago).
