[SPAM-30] howto determine processor characteristics from cli

[Jim Kuzdrall]

On Thursday 17 April 2008 10:44, Labitt, Bruce wrote:
> I've got a Dell Optiplex 745 that I'm trying to figure out if it is
> worth adding more memory to it.  I'd like to find out what
> processor/speed/cache it has.  Is there a simple way to get this?  I
> would imagine it is all contained in the kernel startup log?  dmesg |
> grep (something) ?  Or is there a different way?

    To address the core purpose of your query, I always fill up a new 
computer with as much memory as it will take.  If you keep you 
computers for a long time, as I do, the memory gets difficult to find 
and expensive.

    Since disk I/O is the slowest portion of current computers, the more 
of the recently used programs or documents the operating system can 
retain in RAM, the faster the computer responds.

    My advice: buy the memory.

Jim Kuzdrall