From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Sun Jan 04 1998 - 20:21:55 EST
On Sun, 4 Jan 98 23:18:57 EST, Robert Dewar wrote:
><<But what if you run something like Linux or OS/2? Not everyone uses
>Micro$ofts' bloatware, so we need different benchmarks.
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>>>
>
>YOU can perfectly well run the Spec suite under Linux or Os/2, but it is
>probably not worth while to do so, since the results are unlikely to be
>particularly operating system dependent.
>
>If you wnat to measure the effect of architecture changes on OS performance
>specifically, then of course you will need specialized benchmarks, but I
>doubt there is very much variation between OS's in this respect.
>
Personally, I find that running Checkit in DOS on all different machines, including
through a DOS boot disk are suitable for me. That way, I know what each
system rates as, and can compare others to it.
Paul
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