Re: Progress in data processing

jacob navia wrote:
> 
> OK I am running vista.
> 
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> 
> Within the Vista OS, I installed a Virtual PC with windows XP,
> to remember the old days.
> 
> And then, I compiled the source code of lcc-win32 using the
> lcc-win32 compiler.
> 
> Vista: 3.5 seconds
> Windows XP (running under Vista emulation) 4.4 seconds...
> 
> Can you imagine?
> 
> I wonder if I put a windows 98 emulation it will run actually
> faster than the Vista version even if it is running in a
> virtual PC!!!
> 
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> 
> < QUOTE >
> Check out the results! For the functions that people use most
> often, the 1986 vintage Mac Plus beats the 2007 AMD Athlon 64 X2
> 4800+: 9 tests to 8! Out of the 17 tests, the antique Mac won 53%
> of the time! Including a jaw-dropping 52 second whipping of the
> AMD from the time the Power button is pushed to the time the
> Desktop is up and usable.
> < END QUOTE >

Why emulate W98?  Just mount it and run.  Also read the following.

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 <http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt>
 <http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423>
 <http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html>
 <http://kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html>
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