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To: Petz who wrote (87532)	8/23/2002 3:26:45 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Petz, Re: <For example, the desired weight for Office aps might be 25% word processor, 15% database, 20% spreadsheet, 20% presentation and 20% internet browsing. The various tasks within these applications should also be reasonably divided according to usage patterns, and if tasks are too short for this to be possible, the should be repeated enough to get their proper time-weighting.> The problem I see with your viewpoint is that such a single benchmark cannot meaningfully exist. But that was Bapco tried to pretend to create, then hid the details of what they were doing. (And if the time^^2 allegation holds is totally irresponsible) Further, it was made adequately clear that "Database" and "Photoshop" applications can be weighted to provide any result desired. And I'd expect similar results from most other applications. Re: <There is nothing wrong with time-weighting if the weights reflect real-world usage statistics.> Whose real world statistics? Time to get real and show what's being measured. Was it Tom who said, basically, show me the benchmark result and I'll tell you how you measured it? -tgp