Sorry, my english is very bad ... 

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:47:08 +0100, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
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> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:08:28 +0200
> "E.T" <admin@wordpress-fr.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Hence the question of having a powerful processor?
>> 
>> One Debian turns with a facility has gnC)nC)rique 800mhz, good work.
>> Processor mult-core 3.00ghz not utility for firewall and desktop.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:44:37 +0100, Kevin Chadwick
>> <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>> >> I can also show you PIII systems that draw more than 300W, and I
>> >> discarded one a while ago that probably could have maxed out at well
>> >> over 500w.
>> >> 
>> > 
>> > I was shocked to find my nforce board draws around 130 watts, when
>> > it's switched OFF!!!!!!! and with the new graphics card can push upto
>> > 700 watts
>> > 
>> > And No, I'm not kidding
>> > 
>> > Needless to say, I now have a multitap with switch on my desk as the
>> > power button.
>> > 
>> > p.s. People should be aware that, ARM and atom have met similar
ground
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>> > for speed but they are like risc chips and usually a 500mhz does half
>> > the work of a full/non emulated instruction set chip also at 500mhz.
>> > 
>> > Check out atom on wikipedia for more info.
>> > 
>> > Risc chips in phones etc. do even less work per cycle.
>> 
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>> 
> 
> You make me extra thankful that my native langage is english. Watch
> some DVDs and switch the english subtitles on, though I'm not sure
> that will help with order and grammar.
> 
> I'm not sure if I understand you but PF is so lean that if you got it
> running on a phone it would handle a rediculous amount of traffic. I
> believe the faq or somewhere says a p90 and 32mb of ram will handle most
> situations as a pure firewall.
> 
> I Just mentioned it for comparison sakes and because it's annoying when
> people say they have a 10 year old pc in their hand, when it's not even
> close (bus, memory, bridges etc.).

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