W. Theiss <wtheiss_at_gmx.de> wrote in message news:<MPG.1a2c1d84b8ec9e55989683_at_News.CIS.DFN.DE>...
> Because there are much faster Pentium 4 CPUs available (max 3.2GHz)
> and the price for the Latitude D800 is quite expensive I am wondering if
> it make sense to spend more money for a Pentium M CPU, because we
> basically need Processor speed to run Oracle 9i
No you do not "need Processor speed to run Oracle 9i". You will
probably have no problems with CPU, your problem will be these two
disks. Disks are most limiting component for performance in all
notebooks. Because of heat problems and need for small factor, even
most (and expensive) harddisk for notebooks are extremely slow beasts
comparing with even averages from desktop area.
And what's the most important perf component in database system? Small
hint: the slowest one. BINGO! Yes, disk subsystem. So take no care
about which CPU your notebook will have, because nevertheless of CPU
used as database machine it will still be a poor runner.
--
with regards
Dusan Bolek
Received on Tue Nov 25 2003 - 02:49:47 CST
