Author: Jay Urbanski
Date: 21:02:44 04/10/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 23:37:51, Christophe Theron wrote: > >Oh I think we have a Windows user here. > >Yes, when you use Windows it's wise to have two processors so one can run an >infinite loop on a broken part of the OS while the other one can still be >useful, running scandisk and downloading the latest MS security patch. > >But maybe you could just switch to a reliable OS like Linux and then you could >afford to run a single processor computer? Yes I run Windows on the desktop. So do 95% or more of the people out there using computers. I would wager you do also, or you don't run your own chess engine. I also happen to sell Linux Clusters for a living and I like Linux quite a bit, and I dislike Microsoft quite a bit.. but they make a damn nice desktop OS and Linux has a *long* way to go before it will replace Windows on my desktop. Servers are another matter and there Linux has a *lot* to be said for it over Windows, especially in markets like HPC clusters. Virtually NO ONE uses Windows in the market I sell to. Having said all that, if I ran Linux on the desktop I would still run an SMP machine. Buggy software abounds everywhere, even in Linux applications (Nescape, anyone?) Two is simply better than one.. :) > Christophe >
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