Re: PR draft final-6 comments

Charles Cazabon (charlesc-linux@qcc.sk.ca)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 08:44:55 -0600


Kyle Rose <krose@theory.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
[original attribution lost, but assuming Mr. Cahalan]
> >
> > That is stretching the truth. 386 hardware is not useful with
> > any operating system. The performance/watt is way too low.
> > That "cheap" 386 DNS server raises your air conditioning costs.
>
>Okay, you guys are cracking me up. When I can't stop laughing at a comment like
> this, I know it's too late.

Me as well. That 600MHz Alpha raises your bills a hell of a lot more; it's
dissipating in the neighbourhood of 80 watts, versus half a dozen or so for
an 'ancient' x86.

Power consumption is just not an appropriate measure for the usefulness of
a processor. Perhaps in MIPS/watt it would be slightly less meaningless.
But then the StrongARM used in the NetWinders would win hands down.

Charles

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