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On 1/5/2025 12:39 AM, T wrote:
> On 1/4/25 21:14, Paul wrote:
>> On Sat, 1/4/2025 4:58 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> Jeff Geerling has been running some tests on the ARM-based Thelio
>>> Astra
>>> <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/worlds-fastest-arm-pc-put-to-the-test-128-core-ampere-altra-max-cpu-claims-128-core-cinebench-2024-world-record>.
>>> Lots of power available there under Linux.
>>>
>>> Windows, on the other hand, is not ready for prime time. Big surprise?
>>>
>>
>> I wish a person who buys a thing like that, the best of luck with it.
>>
>>     Paul
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 128 cores too!   If the apps running are drive intensive, no
> performance increase will be noticed by the user.
> 
> This would be great for equation intensive CAD programs
> like Solid Works.  Useless for M$O, Quick Books, and
> Turbo tax.  Windows is not real good at a lot of cores
> either, so this would have to be Linux.
> 
> System 76 make awesome stuff.


"have to be Linux"?

Here it is running Win11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AshDjtlV6go