[H-GEN] New Machine

[Craig Armour]

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> The Athlon would probably be better suited to what I am doing (python and perl
> development, XML/ SGML, GIMP, running NT with VMware -- that sort of thing) but
> there is a certain coolness factor about having my own SMP machine that is very
> tempting.

umm... believe it or not... a single cpu system will alwyas be more
efficient then an smp box... (for any equivilant grunt)  where and smp
box would help is if you are running lots of different tasks at the same
time (say gimp and make )

if not... then a single cpu box is the way to go... and the novelty of
an smp box would not last once you learn that you probably are not
takeing full advantage of it


cheers
Craig
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