> From: "Tobias Woelki" <riva@...> >... > for our veryvery fast computers... > Let?s take an old amiga (eg a500). This was a machine runs only with 7 mhz, > but the graphics for example were running sooo much faster than the graphic > on a p100 (and this machine is about 14 times faster than the good old > a500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - And why ? Was the processor faster ? - No! The > only thing is: Microsoft OS vs Amiga OS!!!!! thats it... >... Not true. The Amiga had four decent support chips, one dedicated to graphics (called Agnus, as I recall), and one dedicated to Audio. The machine used DMA in a big way, which is why it was fast. Agnus was actually programmed using a very basic language, and could draw lines and fill regions, which was very advanced for its time. I am really sorry to disappoint loads of people out there, but Windows and MacOS are not bad operating systems. They are not state of the art, and are not as stable as they could be, but they don't slow the processor down - the average plugin running in a tight optimised loop, is processor bound, and doesn't use any OS operations at all. The speed of the plugin is limited by the performance of your processor, not the OS. The OS will affect things like disk performance and audio latency, but that is it. Cesare ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************