In article <4886e09d@news.povray.org>, x### [at] ycom says...
> "Patrick Elliott" <sel### [at] rraznet> wrote in message
> 
> >until you closed the last window. And that doesn't even mention that
> >fact that, for most tasks, Linux never went above 1-2% processor
> >utilization, where hard tasks could take 24%, like playing video, and on
> >a machine without a dedicated video system for handling stuff, while
> >just opening the application would spike Windows at 70%+.
> 
> Are you saying Linux wastes 98 - 99% of the CPU? Typical 1-2% CPU
> utilization and a cap at 24% tells me that that particular system or Linu
x
> has a severe bottleneck somewhere else.
> 
> It of course won't happen, but an ideally balanced system should show 100
%
> utilization in all active subsystems when performing non-interactive task
s
> like launching an application, for instance. Low CPU usage can be a sympt
om
> of poor disk caching.
> 
No, that was 1% - 24% utilization when running the "basic" tasks that 
the average person does, like editing a document, or a spreedsheet. No 
way in hell I want my OS using 70%, let alone 100% of the CPU just to 
fracking edit a letter. ;)

-- 
void main () {

    if version = "Vista" {
      call slow_by_half();
      call DRM_everything();
    }
    call functional_code();
  }
  else
    call crash_windows();
}

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