[X4U] OT - Unscientific Speed Test - PC-Mac-FileMaker

[revDAVE]

On 7/14/05 5:26 PM, "Edward Hillenbrand" <contact at verticaleye.net> wrote:

> Interesting comparison.  I wouldn't concluded that the PCs are faster
> based on this.  You have perhaps shown that the Windows version of
> FileMaker is faster than the Mac version, but I wouldn't even say
> that without a little extra data.  Could you reply with how much of
> the CPU FileMaker was using on each computer during each test?

  I closed as many applications as possible, including things like Quick
keys, and I opened the activity monitor and ran same two tests. Here are the
results: 

Test 1: looping  400 records in filemaker 6 (Involving scrolling and screen
redraws/refresh etc.)

 activity Monitor = 90.5% CPU


Test 2: loop 1 to 20000 in filemaker 6...

 activity Monitor = 96.5% CPU


 can someone please explain the relevance of these numbers to me - cause I'm
not sure what they mean?


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