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To: Paladin2
Think you'd better check your math. Try dividing the number of active CPUs by the current number of teraflops, to find how many CPUs of each type it takes to add up to 1 teraflop. I get:

Windows: 1052 CPUs per teraflop
Linux: 821.5 CPUs per teraflop
Mac: 1762 CPUs per teraflop

I.e., it takes twice as many Macs as it does Linux machines to produce the same amount of work. Not that this really means much - it probably reflects how well optimized each client is, rather than real raw performance.

627 posted on 01/03/2006 6:03:12 PM PST by Senator Bedfellow
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To: Senator Bedfellow

I believe we've done the same math only using inverse divisions. Linux computers do twice as much useful work as do Apples. Linix is stwice as good as Apple.


631 posted on 01/03/2006 6:12:29 PM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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