[geeks] Dual Xeon vs Dual G4

William S. wstan at xs4all.nl
Sat Feb 1 15:57:45 CST 2003


On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:57:51PM -0800, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I just read (at lunch) about Linus (yes, that one...) and the press
> conference he participated in when Transmeta demonstrated their new
> chips. The interesting part was that Linus said he was spending more
> time with his laptop than his 8-way Xenon machine at his desk. He went
> on to say that well, yes, the 8-way box was *fast*, but not nearly as
> portable as his laptop, and it took so darn long to boot (paraphrased).
                 ^^^^^^^^
      Any idea what he is using?
> 
> (From Rebel Code)
> 
> 8-Way Xenon - Hmmm, SNMP-goodness! ;^)

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Bill
Amsterdam, NL


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