BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks and measurements

Posted Sep 7, 2009 10:30 UTC (Mon) by nye (subscriber, #51576)
In reply to: BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks and measurements by flewellyn
Parent article: BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks and measurements

>A dual quad-core system with hyperthreading? That's hardly a bad choice of hardware for the "desktop system" scale. That's the standard CPU setup for a Mac Pro, for instance.

I hope this doesn't sound trollish, but if you think that's even remotely realistic for even one percent of the PC user base, then you are living in a fantasy realm - or perhaps five years in the future.

I've never even *seen* a computer that powerful. A machine like that would cost *thousands* - nobody spends more than £500 on a computer unless they are a serious enthusiast who happens to be rolling in money - the average user, if they think about it at all, is around now thinking that it might be time to get one of those newfangled dual-core machines.