wrote:

The point being that once you offload the critical stuff into custom
hardware (because its getting to be such a pain to do it on the PC)
then it doesn't matter all that much for machine performance what the
PC operating system is. It only matters for ease of use - ease of use
when all factors (such as compatability, familiarity, downtime, etc)
are taken into account. And that is very much an open question.

So with both agree. :-))

Nick
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