different behaviour between 4.x and 5.x (ping response/disk io) [was Re: ]

[Andrew P.]

stheg wrote:
> P.S. (to the list in general) Why do all of the questions about FBSD
> performance, especially 4.x vs 5.x, come from people posting from
> Windows boxes? Theories?
> 

Cuz if you have freebsd on your desktop, you don't give a damn
about its performance. It's just too great. And don't look at me,
I'm still waiting for SPDIF support in ALC658 driver to dump my
last running Windows for good :-)

Very best wishes,
Andrew P.