On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> takes to compile a kernel on my 200MHz 604e is long enough to
> watch an entire movie. On TV. With commercials.
Hmmm... Apple system with crippled slow memory bus? My LongTrail
has the same CPU, but compiling a kernel doesn't take that long.
*Mumble grumble* Almost all commodity computers come with crippled
memory buses, some more crippled (like the old ibooks*) than others.
You get what you pay for, machines with uncrippled buses, even a
measly Samsung Alpha box (256 bit with 100 MHz DDR-RAM), cost an arm
and a leg.
You may also want to check your disc through-put too.
*I bought one of these things knowing about its crippled memory
bus. Fortunately, speed was not my primary motive for buying the
thing.
Cheers,
Kin Hoong
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