[ltp] System performance
Theodore Ts'o
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:58:54 -0500
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:57:39PM -0330, Adam wrote:
> > >Even on a 200Mhz desktop under Windows, notepad would come up in well
> > >under a second.
> > Yes, I guess you're talking Win9x here, but you should compare your RH9
> > to some more up-to-date Win32-Systems here, not some outdated piece of
> > crap ;-)
>
> Well, if it is very up-to-date Windows software that is only released
> in the last 2-3 years, then trying to run software on a desktop almost
> a decade old is likely more by definition to overload the system. So
> comparison not so fair.
But it's OK to complain when trying to run a modern Linux desktop on
hardware which is a decade old?
Sounds like you have a double standard, here.
- Ted