i386-MacOSX-g++: g++ 4.0.1 MacOS 10.4 2.3 GHz MacIntel ppc-MacOSX-g++: g++ 4.0.1 MacOS 10.4 2 GHz PowerPC G5 i386-Linux-g++3: g++ 3.3 / 3.4 Linux 2 GHz i386-Linux-g++: g++ 4.1 Linux 2 GHz x86-Windows-msvc: vc 8 WindowsXP 2.3 GHz 8-core to local disk. Compile Times Maven NAR Geant4 Full Size Cores/CPUs 1 2 4 8 Platform i386-MacOSX-g++ 1800 1034 ppc-MacOSX-g++ 3467 1992 i386-Linux-g++3 826 340 (local disk) i386-Linux-g++ 632 270 (local disk) x86-Windows-msvc 1701 1035 x86-Windows-g++ 5232 2894 Geant4 75 Files Cores/CPUs 1 2 4 8 Platform i386-MacOSX-g++ 120 93 ppc-MacOSX-g++ i386-Linux-g++3 i386-Linux-g++ x86-Windows-msvc 161 120