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To: Ali Chen who wrote (102768)	4/7/2000 12:28:00 AM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572945

Re: Chick is a typical victim of the Msoft trap. Ali, I run Linux. chic

To: Ali Chen who wrote (102768)	4/7/2000 12:42:00 AM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1572945

Ali, We are in agreement here. In early 90s, I used 386/486 PCs capable of supporting 10Mbps Ethernet at full blast (5-6mbps throughput state-of-the art 3Com/Synoptics/Cabletron hardware of those days). So I don't exactly need a 800MHz processor for 1 Mbps broadband. There gotto be some application that takes that broadband data and does something that stresses the processor. Alas, I don't see any such "mass" application - yet. I have a DSL connection that gives me better than 1Mbps on certain file transfers but I have never seen things slowing down because of my processor. It is always the server or the network that is the bottleneck. And if it is not that then it is my hard drive access. Chuck

To: Ali Chen who wrote (102768)	4/7/2000 1:36:00 AM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572945

Ali <Cable does not make any difference. The cable is still slower than any processor transfers and rendering rate.> Same experience here with cable modem & 166MMX. Sometimes I think it is my computer when the page stalls before displaying. Will check next time by monitoring the network traffic. Nope, decided to check now -- the page displays immediately after a final burst so it was waiting. Video is also just fine (assuming no net congestion) and I can work on other programs (CAD) at the same time. Since I use my computer for business and time is money I look forward to the next computer and it will be a lot closer to the top of the line than the last one (bought as business just getting started) as I don't want to face the challenge and cost of transferring to a new machine and also hoping it will be at least as stable as the old one. PT