My only comment is if I am burning (x12), running seti and browsing the web on a 2.4GHZ P4, 512 meg Ram,running XP Professional the bloody thing becomes unusable. If I do the same on my 800MHZ, 512 meg ram duron running MD9.0 I barely notice anything. Roly On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 12:05, Andrew Scotchmer wrote: > Now don't get me wrong I love linux and have been with Mandrake since v6.0 > though I must say in my opinion v9.0 is not one of it's best, perhaps, > sorry, definately a bit hasty with this release! > > Anyway the point is I've just upgraded my windows98 to XP and I must admit > in all fairness for the desktop, "I know nothing of computers," average > user, XP is better. > > Now before I get flamed let me explain. I run a small 500mhz Athlon with > 64mg memory but for speed and effeiciency XP is by far the fastest. > My Md9 is a minimal installation (although having most of the HD) but still > pales in comparison to XP even when a large number of apps are working. > With XP I boot and hey-presto I'm logging in with Md9 I can make a brew etc > etc. (well not literally but you get the point) > > I beleive that as far as the end user is concerned speed is the most > important factor. Not how much software is free or that linux is more > stable and reliable. The average user wants speed. You click on an icon > and up pops the application IMMEDIATELY!!! With XP even my little 500 > acheives this performance but alas (and I mean that with a heavy heart) Md9 > is a slow monolith beleiving that placing god knows how many apps into their > installation cd's will convert new customers. > > > Just my thought > > Andrew > > > ---- >
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