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   From: randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net   
      
   In article , nospam@nospam.com says...   
   >   
   > "Randy Howard"  wrote in message   
   > news:MPG.1cd9ea13f6a960d198a4fa@news.verizon.net...   
   > > In article ,   
   > > Nowhere@spamfree.com says...   
   > >> In article ,   
   > >>  Randy Howard  wrote:   
   > >> > True, but I doubt that the majority of people with G5 dual towers are   
   > >> > running high load averages currently.   
   > >>   
   > >> Why would the average matter? What matters in determining if a faster   
   > >> system will help is the peak.   
   > >   
   > > Anybody can spike the load average to 100% in a burst, keeping it   
   > > there under normal use is a different matter entirely.  You know   
   > > that, but just like to argue.  Entertain yourself.   
   >   
   > For anyone using a 3D animation package, the rendering can take hours, just   
   > for a few seconds of animation. Even a hobbyist can casually create stuff   
   > that takes hours to render.   
      
   If it's multi-threaded and compute bound, then they probably love   
   every CPU bump they can get.   
      
   --   
   Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)   
   "Making it hard to do stupid things often makes it hard   
    to do smart ones too." -- Andrew Koenig   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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