Dave Jones said: > On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 16:18, Emiliano Brunetti wrote: > >> I am not looking for numbers that could also be provided by hardware >> manufacturer, rather i'd like a indication of how well performs a >> desktop system per se. > > For an 'interactivity benchmark' you may want to try 'contest' > http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/contest/ Yes, I'm so stupid! I didn't think about it... and my name is the "THANKS" paragraph of that page because I helped Con writing the first version of that tool... It is mainly a kernel test but it worth trying it. Ciao, Paolo