Re: [Sheflug] Re: Open Office

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> 
> I can top that: my laptop (P120, 24Mb) is running Helix GNOME. Lovely jubbly
> ;)
> 
> BTW, everyone know it, I'm going to say it: MHz has pretty much bobbins to
> do with "speed". MHz is just the guide to which radio stations the PC will
> interfere with. It's a little known fact that Pentium 666MHz machines (when
> they came out) were uprated by 1MHz to 667Mhz so that the 95.2MHz band
> (Radio Sheffield) would be free from interference*
> 
> Ta,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> > I would guess that 400Mhz would be about average, given that 500Mhz+ has
> > only been around for about 18 months. There are still large numbers of
> > Pentium 166 (and lower) in use in businesses - I know of a large office
> > which recently had almost all it's Pentium 60 & 75 pcs replaced just 3
> > weeks ago. Most of the PCs at a VERY large consultancy in Rotherham are
> > Pentium 233s or less, and that's a lot of pcs.

 MMmm.

 I've just been sent a Pentium MMX around the 200Mhz mark (need a case
to stick into before I fire it up..), and that in comparison most of my
machines is fast.

 Still, as Alex says, the Mhz/GHz rating of a processor isn't a great
measurement - IIRC, we've got Intel to blame for that one - iMarks or
whatever they're called and rating everything by Mhz.

 Good old MIPS (I guess it's more like Billions of IPS now)..that's what
you need!

 I mean, just how do you compare an UltraSparc III to an Itanium, or
Athlon, or a ZX80?

 Poorly, me thinks.

 Baz.
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