Re: OT: Wheeeeee! New PSpice Benchmarks

From: keith (krw_at_att.bizzzz)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:01:46 -0400

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 04:13:27 +0000, Jeff wrote:

>
> "Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
> news:om1ki0hra2oq09u44vo5akd8dfi85bvo96@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:26:35 +0000 (UTC), kensmith@green.rahul.net
>> (Ken Smith) wrote:
>>
>> >In article <MPG.1b933431e13dafa6989968@news1.news.adelphia.net>,
>> >KR Williams <krw@att.biz> wrote:
>> >[... me ...]
>> >>> I assume these were all with the same OS.
>> >
>> >>I'd hope we're talking a 64b OS and software for the A64.
>> >>Otherwise the gains are truly remarkable!
>> >
>> >JT says Win2K Pro so its a 2 bit OS
>> >
>>
>> Win2K is the first M$ OS that I've had not a single problem with.
>> That's one of the reasons why I haven't gone on to XP Pro. The other
>> reason being that XP is basically spyware.
>>
>> Plus I hate this "activation" crap that some software vendors are
>> going to. It amuses me how hastily Intuit (TurboTax) has retreated
>> from this approach, after the protest level was so high that it made
>> the front pages of newspapers around here.
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
> I'll second that.
>
> Win 2K can run fine for months on end without a reboot. XP falls apart over
> time, tends to do a lot of communicating with MS, has a lot of bloat ware,
> requiring higher powered computers, etc.
>
> My next OS of choice when win 2k becomes too obsolete will likely be a Linux
> variant.
>

I've already started down that path. It's been bumpy but I decided when
I went to Win2K three years ago that it was going the be my (first and)
last M$ OS. When I put together this Opteron system, I went with SuSE
9.1. I still have Win2K on the old system while I learn my way around. 

-- 
  Keith
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