ET wrote:

I've a 400 Hz Mac Cube under OS 9.2 processing classic at around 14-15
hours per unit and a Pentium something at 400 MHz under linux (Fedora
Core2) with about the same performance. -Makes sense as my old 233 MHz
G3 needs 22-24 hours per wu.

A while ago I had to work with a Windows XP laptop with an 800 (about)
MHz PIII and when I put it into good, real, productive use, it did a
wu in 6 to 7 hours. Not bad.

Now, I recently got a 2.4 MHz Athlon with linux FC 2. What a
disappoinment: a wu takes 8 to 9 hours to process. What a
disappointment!

To be honest I'm absolutely amazed that a machine with a CPU running at
2.4Mhz does a WU in under a decade, yet alone 8 to 9 hours.
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~misfit~