From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 20:46:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96ECA1065676 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:46:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-315.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-315.bluehost.com [67.222.54.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 614A78FC13 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:46:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 15347 invoked by uid 0); 15 Dec 2008 20:36:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy6.bluehost.com with SMTP; 15 Dec 2008 20:36:49 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=eweBOEv/wwSy88ZcPhGX5+NvRCXqCMqeSpO9C0/+QpJj/x6SSmmKXwAMQdZgj+q8w7rzv2u4cHr7xWKE2u6TzsqcUzjfuGDP+RlyjaGmg5zkyY/i5u8/yuikxm3ma4c1; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LCKDd-0005H8-L1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:39:09 -0700 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:38:41 -0700 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:38:41 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081215203841.GH60187@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ISKrrfpKsPiF35CV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081215130726.J53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:46:58 -0000 --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--