11 Feb
2004
11 Feb
'04
8:10 a.m.
> MS must take out at least 3/4 of the machine
power.
I think your understanding of operating systems and PC
architecture is flawed. It sounds like typical knee-jerk MS
bashing.
Well, I've been using both MS and non-MS systems for over
10 years each. My statement is based on 1/ the generic
demands of any windowing system, which are a compute
drag, 2/ the specific history of MS as being a leader in clumsy
engineering ("bloatware" and other factors) 3/ the model used
at Cray itself, where the compute engine was separated and
I/O was given over to an outside processor.
John A.