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Subject: Re: Question re dual processor differences.

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 08:48:45 01/31/03

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On January 31, 2003 at 02:53:19, Matt Taylor wrote:

>
>Supposedly Windows XP has increased performance due to a 10% lower system call
>latency. It also comes with more bugs. Many more bugs.
>

I've heard that myth many times. I've never experienced it myself, though. Most
often when people complain, it's when they're trying to use an old driver or old
program that is badly programmed, and therefore doesn't work on XP. This is a
good thing, IMO. What bugs have you experienced?

>My personal preference would be Windows 2000, but XP has the compelling Remote
>Desktop and IEEE over 1394 features.
>

Windows 2000 is nice too.

/David



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