[Scottish] Re: Computing Power debate

Will Partain scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Fri Sep 27 18:07:04 2002


Kevin McDermott <kevinmcd@linuxsolutions.demon.co.uk> writes:

> If a 4.7GHz machine is 1000 times more powerful than a
> 4.77Mhz machine, why don't things go 1000 times faster?
> 
> Memory has increased even more, and storage devices too...

Check out changes in memory *speeds*, do the math(s), and
weep.  (Modern machines mostly sit around doing nothing,
even when "busy".)

Will