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   From: randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net   
      
   In article ,   
   znu@fake.invalid says...   
   > In article ,   
   >  Randy Howard  wrote:   
   >   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   > But you don't need to keep load at 100% all the time to justify more   
   > processing power.   
      
   That's true.  In fact, you don't need any reason at all to justify   
   more processing power to some.   
      
   > Desktop computers aren't used to run unattended batch jobs.   
      
   Sure they are, just not by you.   
      
   > Being able to handle spikes in processor load is very important.   
      
   True, but if the spike lasts 5 minutes and occurs 20 times a day   
   is one thing, if it happens for 4 seconds once a week is another   
   entirely.  I *thought* that was all fairly obvious, but I forget   
   that there is a compulsive need to find fault with every single   
   sentence here.  In a technically literate discussion group, none   
   of this would have been necessary.   
      
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   Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)   
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    to do smart ones too." -- Andrew Koenig   
      
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