From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 22 22:29:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f189.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.189]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDC9F37B43C for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:29:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from burnscharlesn@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:21:14 -0700 Received: from 64.20.170.140 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:59:55 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.20.170.140] From: "Charles Burns" To: katinka@magestower.com, tedm@toybox.placo.com, bzdik@yahoo.com, vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET, lplist@closedsrc.org Cc: jgowdy@home.com, kris@obsecurity.org, mwlist@lanfear.com, freebsd@sysmach.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the AMD factor in FreeBSD Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:59:55 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Apr 2001 05:21:14.0551 (UTC) FILETIME=[3768D470:01C0CBB5] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >while we are talking on comparing different cpu classes what about sun >spark >stations or SG boxes ???? > >I may have a cpu that can do 20mips, but was not designed to run an os >(like embedded micro controllers they run one program for ever) FreeBSD doesn't run on those yet AFAIK. >PS how did apple compare the adobe Photoshop ?? as I recall the only thing >common was the screen layout, other than that the code was completely >different. has anyone written a "C" program that is then cross compiled on >multiple platforms ????? I know this is not a real "office program" test, >but atleast would compare the functions of the cups Some of the parts of PS that Apple touted were assembly optimized for the G4. Kinda shady if you ask me. ;-) (The G4 really is faster at a given clockspeed though) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message