RE: XP vs. W2000

From: Boivin, Patrice J <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 05:06:49 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003E3095.20011227043518@fatcity.com>

I wouldn't put my hopes on PC Magazine, I remember their "objective" reviews of OS/2... They are not Consumer Report for the IT industry.

Regards,
Patrice Boivin
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Larry Elkins [SMTP:elkinsl_at_flash.net]
        Sent:   Wednesday, December 26, 2001 9:00 PM
        To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
        Subject:        RE: XP vs. W2000

        As we are treading towards OT land, I've got a Dell PIII 750 with
512MB on
        my desktop running WIN2K Pro. I just bought a laptop, Compaq
Presario PIII
        1.0 Gig Chip with 512MB running XP Pro. I run 8i and 9i on both
machines.
        The laptop is definitely snappier when running OEM 9i. With
comparably
        configured laptops and desktops, you would expect the desktop to be
much
        faster. So, even though my laptop has a 1 Ghz chip vs the 750 Mhz
chip on my
        desktop, I expected the laptop to be slower. And it is when running
disk
        intensive operations -- 4500 RPM on the laptop vs 7200 RPM and a
caching
        controller on the desktop. But otherwise, the laptop with XP seems
to be a
        tad faster, and maybe it's strictly due to the faster processor. It
would be
        interesting to run some benchmarks against the same machine running
XP vs.
        WIN2K -- I'm sure PC Magazine or some other group has already done

this.

        And I haven't been on the Internet with the laptop since the XP security

        issues came to light. Something I need to address on the laptop.

        Regards,

        Larry G. Elkins
        elkinsl_at_flash.net
        214.954.1781
        

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