[NTLUG:Discuss] First ITX Intel Motherboard

[thomas.cameron@camerontech.com]

> Tom Adelstein wrote:

> Beware that P4-M (M's only) have issues with Linux kernels
> except for 2.6.  You may experience many issues from wrong
> cache sizes to incorrect clock rate.  I've got a laptop
> that is a 1.8Ghz P4-M that only runs at 1.2Ghz.

Hrm - not been my experience...  I am running a Dell Inspiron P4 2.8GHz
machine and it runs great, no unusual behavior at all.

> Still it is interesting.  There are several P4 ITX
> boards out there and several PIII boards (which will
> likely smoke the P4's btw... though people like
> to debate that one).

I waffle on this...  I have a dual P-III Xeon 1GHz machine that is faster
than all get-out.  It seems to run about the same as my 2.8GHZ laptop. 
Now, keep in mind the dual Xeon has 10K RPM U160 disks and a gig of memory
and the laptop is using a 5400RPM IDE drive.  Disk subsystem makes a
*huge* difference.

I have used a couple of Dell 2.4GHz P4 desktops that really don't seem any
faster than my dual P-III Xeon box.

Of course some objective benchmarks would probably make me a liar.

Thomas