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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: dual cpu stuff... Date: 27 Aug 1996 14:52:57 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4vuujq$h6@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4vcsn4$7ql@cantina.clinet.fi> <4veq47$cc@anorak.coverform.lan> <MICHAELV.96Aug26001022@MindBender.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.serv.net) wrote: : In article <4veq47$cc@anorak.coverform.lan> brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes: : NT is abismal when it comes to SMP... it's not worth comparing with : anything. OS/2 is reported to run stuff faster on say a single P133 : (no SMP support) than NT on a dual P133 ! : That is complete misinformation perpetuated by Sun in their on-going : smear campaign to try and one-up Microsoft at hostile marketing. Actually, perpetuated by a friend of mine that thinks the sun shines out of the a*s of os/2. Sorry, I can't really argue either way. NT wouldn't install for me and os/2 never ran properly...... :( : And if you believe that OS/2 can run stuff faster on a single P133 : than NT on a dual, I have some motherboards I'd like to sell you. Did : you know "gullible" isn't in the dictionary? Again, I can't *assert* any knowledge :( [.....] : The PPro has gotta be better ! : Well, of course it is... What does that have to do with dual Pentium : motherboards? It's something to consider - the original poster had Pentium/cache concerns. These aren't there with the PPro - single or dual. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....