On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:55:52 -0500 Harry G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:56 am, Andrew Mathews wrote: > > Harry G wrote: > > > On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:12 am, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote: > > >>Not a P II? I thought the Pro topped out at 200. Intel had a P II > > >333>upgrade for Pros > > > > > > That is what I did. Made a big difference, but I think I will have to > > > bite the bullet soon and gete a new system. > > > > > > This one has been stone cold reliable, though. (a Dell) > > > > > > Thanks for your input! > > > > > > Harry G > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Yeah, PPro's are one of the best, even if not the fastest. My mirror is > > on an HP Vectra running dual PPro Overdrive processors at 333Mhz with > > all scsi disks. I don't have a reason to switch as long as it's doing an > > adequate job. It serves up pages as fast as one of our dual Xeon Dells. > > If I ever learn this Linux stuff well enough, maybe I will set it p as a > server. Funny, I origionally bought it because I heard the P-Pro's were > optimized for Windows NT (which I used in my business). Scary days! The optimization is market-speak. There are things multi-tasking OSs do that can be quicker if the CPU has certain features. The things done to help NT must surely apply to Linux as well. It is not NT only. -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
