Performance testing (pass 1)

[stephan schutter]

NO. All locations in my corp. for example do not have 24 hr power. Also, 
on laptops, your argument falls flat. --servers aside, pepole reboot the 
machines and if they are not the latest and greatest, it is a time 
consuming process... every one can not afford to replace all the 
hardware every 3 years.

Angela Kahealani wrote:

>Ingo Molnar wrote:
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>>On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Stephan Schutter wrote:
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>>>Timings are average of 5 launches. [...]
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>I suppose if you're evaluating a system like WinDOwS or MacOS<X,
>then boot time and launch time ARE the most signifigant times to evaluate.
>On a UNIX based system (CRAM the trademark, it's a generic term)
>you boot once, launch once, and just use it day after day after day
>after day...
>so you need to compare the UNIX screensaver unlock time with MacWinDOwS
>Boot+Launch time.
>The signifigant times are USING the applications, not booting and
>launching. Compare file open, file save, file scrolling, and then you'd
>have something. 
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