I can quantify that:
try multitasking in a graphical environment, in a low power (by modern standards) system:
AmigaOS: A1200 030 at 25MHz with 8MB ram OS3 (any of em!)
Linux: same setup, but one of the m68k builds, I tried BSD (couldnt get X working) and debian 2.something m68k build.
you will find that linux is dog slow even just running X! ok, thats cheating a smidge, cos I was trying to use X on AGA, but the point, I believe, is made.
DUH. of course. When you build a operating system to run optimally on a bare bones 7mhz, 68k processor with 512megs RAM, then you slap on a accelerator, OF COURSE IT WILL RUN FASTER.
If we all designed a operating system to run on a 286 and ran it on a 3ghz machine it would feel GREAT.
Linux > AmigaOS.
