Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

[Chance Platt <chance2105@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 18:23 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 10:44 -0600, Chance Platt wrote:
> 
> > The feeling of responsiveness on the desktop... but more how
> > quickly the menus snap down and their dialogs to appear.  For these
> > kinds of things, the optimized binary makes a marked improvement.
> > 
> > chance
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> True, this feels a lot faster now. But startup time does not seem much
> improved.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> B.Hoffmann
>

Absolutely.  Startup times are more a function of the speed of RAM and
harddrive than software.

chance