Chris Wedgwood writes: > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 01:52:58PM -0800, brian.auld at adic.com wrote: > > > In the Intel vs. Mac debate for a linux development host for > > embedded ppc development, if money was not an issue, would I get > > more PowerMac recommendations?? > > Despire what Apple and a few other people claim, Intel solutions are > faster in terms of compile times, and if money was no barrier, then > Intel solutions are potentially *much* faster.
As an actual data point: my measurements show that a dual 1GHz G4 powermac is more than twice as fast at compiling PPC kernels as a 1.7GHz P4 (single cpu). You can't fairly compare compiling a PPC kernel on a PPC box with compiling an x86 kernel on an x86 box. GCC does more work compiling for PPC than for x86. Paul. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
