Re: ppc vs. i386

[Matthias Pfisterer <Matthias.Pfisterer@gmx.de>]

Hi,

I'm interested in these figures.

Matthias


Michael Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > debian ppc is slow compared to debian i386
> 
> So what? Debian/i386 is slow compared to Debian/alpha I guess. Debian on a
> 386 sure is hell of a lot slower than Debian on my G3/400. What exactly is
> your point here?
> 
> If you're interested (and not just trolling) I can give you some CPU
> benchmarks run with a floating point intensive number crunching
> application to compare a G3/400 with a range of Intel machines (PI/233 to
> PIII/500 currently).
> 
> > what do u think about...?
> 
> I'm sooooo glad I don't have to cope with crap like BIOS or Lilo on PPC,
> I'd gladly take a minor performance hit of 6-12%.
> 
>         Michael
> 
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