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     balazs@nospam-hollos.net "BaluXP" wrote:

i just want to know that with my 2 laptops
laptop A= p4(mobile),1.7ghz, 256mb ram, linux
laptop B=p4, 2,4ghz, 512mb ram, win xp pro
would seti run better under laptop A or laptop B?

Define "better"?  If you simply mean which would give a higher sustained 
rate of output, then the latter, almost certainly.  It has a processor 
which is some 27% faster, and double the RAM.  Even though the Linux 
cli is a hugely more efficient platform to run on there's no way it 
can make up that much difference.
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