On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:08 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Windows uses hardware sloppily, and not that well. Linux, like all versions of Unix, uses much more of the hardware's capabilities. Try running Linux on the same hardware as Windows: my fiancee's 14-yr-old son is dual booting his T-60 laptop, and *he* sees the difference in speed (Linux being that much faster).
That doesn't really make any sense. Things that use directx on windows are typically slightly faster than openGL equivalents and everything else should work at hardware/wire speeds. A badly maintained windows box might be more likely to have disk fragmentation or malware, or it might have an intentionally-installed virus scanner wasting time.