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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Don't denigrate 98's ability to fill all available cycles as well. Heck, I bet Workgroups could operate slowly on a P4, given half a chance.
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Well, I have no doubt that problems could arise in those OSes causeing them to consume excess cycles (beyond their built-in excess), but what I am talking about is "normal use." Windows XP's kernel is so crammed with excess, bloated crap that it almost oozes out of the seams on the computer case. In it's day 98 was as bad as XP in terms of what percentage of CPU cycles it ate, but my point is that the percentage should decrease, not stay flat. It's the OS.... it's supposed to just get out of the way and let me use my system.
Apple's OSX is also bloated, but at least they're moving the right direction.