I conducted my own tests pitting Java 1.4 against gcc 3.3 and icc 8.0 using his benchmark code, and found Java to perform significantly worse than C on Linux/Athlon.
A quote from the article states "Internal tests reveal that performance of NPTL with a client/server application has been impressive. On a 2 X 1.6 Ghz P4 Xeon system, time to completion was 191% faster with J2SE 1.4.2 running on NPTL, compared with J2SE 1.41 running on the original Linux threads."
Although some of the ten points for not accepting a counter are true you have to remember that you are dealing with a recruitment agency that is going to get 10% or more of your new salary if you move.
Sounds like you could use a laptop and
Show Shifter. This allows you to use it as a PVR, play MP3's. You could always download some sort of MP3 / DVD ripper / encoder. Use this with IrMan and any remote. And you have pretty much the same thing.
Plus with a laptop you can take it to your friends and move it anywhere else in the house. And any recorded shows can be watched on the move.
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I conducted my own tests pitting Java 1.4 against gcc 3.3 and icc 8.0 using his benchmark code, and found Java to perform significantly worse than C on Linux/Athlon.
From my experience Windows has always had the edge on the Java VM. But this could all be coming to a change:
Red Hat Linux 9 and Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4.2: A Winning Combination
A quote from the article states
"Internal tests reveal that performance of NPTL with a client/server application has been impressive. On a 2 X 1.6 Ghz P4 Xeon system, time to completion was 191% faster with J2SE 1.4.2 running on NPTL, compared with J2SE 1.41 running on the original Linux threads."
Although some of the ten points for not accepting a counter are true you have to remember that you are dealing with a recruitment agency that is going to get 10% or more of your new salary if you move.
Of course they want you to move.
Sounds like you could use a laptop and Show Shifter. This allows you to use it as a PVR, play MP3's. You could always download some sort of MP3 / DVD ripper / encoder. Use this with IrMan and any remote. And you have pretty much the same thing.
Plus with a laptop you can take it to your friends and move it anywhere else in the house. And any recorded shows can be watched on the move.