[geeks] Dual Xeon vs Dual G4

Sat Feb 1 15:08:29 CST 2003

On Saturday 01 February 2003 21:57, 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).
>
> (From Rebel Code)
>
> 8-Way Xenon - Hmmm, SNMP-goodness! ;^)

Whoa, 8-way... what do you use all THAT power for? 

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