Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:38:41 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081215203841.GH60187@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20081215130726.J53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <ghuau9$juk$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212203202.H4803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212150228.520ad7f8@scorpio> <20081212212931.F5072@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1229229078.18610.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081215064719.GL5527@kokopelli.hydra> <20081215130726.J53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--ISKrrfpKsPiF35CV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:08:18PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >Actually, Pentium M processors may well be the best x86-compatible CPUs > >of their generation -- low power consumption relative to the competition, > >and the best performance per dollar in their class. Pentium 4, though, > >certainly sucks. >=20 > as having pentium-M laptop and pentium-4 server i can only say - you are= =20 > exactly right. >=20 > in real load my 1200Mhz laptop isn't much slower than 3Ghz pentium-4 =2E . . and my 1.73GHz Pentium M is faster than a 3GHz P4. I was pretty happy when I heard rumors Pentium was going to start offering tower system motherboards that accept Pentium M processors in 2003, but alas, they were just rumors. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Mediocrity corrupts. Bureaucracy corrupts absolutely. --ISKrrfpKsPiF35CV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklGwFEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVJpwCeKCfgLMNVDIRoivyROTzfotqS CQUAoN/jfNFZUd4MiEwtzOfJWGlGW+xG =NRyE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ISKrrfpKsPiF35CV--
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