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In article <4886e09d@news.povray.org>, x### [at] y com says...
> "Patrick Elliott" <sel### [at] rraz net> 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. ;)
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void main () {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
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