On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:08 PM, <m.roth at 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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com