[TriLUG] AMD vs. Intel

[Christopher Blackmon]

When running windows on my laptop.. if it becomes
slow/unresponsive due to anti-virus software running..
it's not the processor... it's the hard-drive that's
being the bottleneck.  Due to the heat, laptop drives
still run rather slowly compared to desktop drives.

Christopher.


--- Josh Vickery <josh at vickeryj.com> wrote:


> Now, I'm not your typical computer user, my desire
> for SMP stems from
> liking my system to be responsive while running an
> automated test suit
> in the background, or deploying an application
> server.  However, Greg
> Brown mentions that his neighbor is fed up with the
> Anti-Virus
> software., and I think this points to a usage trend
> that I think makes
> SMP more attractive to "normal" users.  Looking at a
> "normal" user's
> windows task bar I see tons of little blinking and
> flashing icons, all
> of which can add up to a very slow computer.  I have
> yet to experiment
> with this, but I think that SMP boxes will help make
> "normal" systems
> more responsive.
> 
> Josh
> 


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