I have a discussion on calculating PI using a short shell script on my site ( http://www.geekronomicon.com/?q=node/79 ) and thought it would be interesting to compare my 3ghz PC running Ubuntu, Dual 1 gig PowerMac, 2ghz MacBookPro, and Ubuntu running on top of OS X using Parallels.
Here's some results:
Calculating PI at 5000 places:
PowerMac (2002 Quicksilver model) Dual 1 Ghz CPUs: :
Approx 9 minutes 1 second
Ubuntu on a 3Ghz PC:
Approx 57 seconds
Intel-based MacBookPro at 2Ghz::
Approx. 1 minute 18 seconds
Intel-based MacBookPro running Ubuntu using Parallels:
Approx. 1minute and 11 seconds
Amazing! Ubuntu running in Parallels on my MacBookPro is faster at calculating PI than the MacBookPro itself!
Very cool Parallel Team!
Here's some results:
Calculating PI at 5000 places:
PowerMac (2002 Quicksilver model) Dual 1 Ghz CPUs: :
Approx 9 minutes 1 second
Ubuntu on a 3Ghz PC:
Approx 57 seconds
Intel-based MacBookPro at 2Ghz::
Approx. 1 minute 18 seconds
Intel-based MacBookPro running Ubuntu using Parallels:
Approx. 1minute and 11 seconds
Amazing! Ubuntu running in Parallels on my MacBookPro is faster at calculating PI than the MacBookPro itself!
Very cool Parallel Team!