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