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The picture I get is that most people doing stage 1 installs don't even understand compiler optmization, much less how the individual packages stress the compilation/exectuion process. Because of this it is a waste of their time. I would wager that most of them end up make distributions that will run slower in certain applications because the applications were originally compiled with the correct space/time considerations by the developer/distro author.
We shouldn't be telling the new guys to spend time on this IMO.
The assembly instruction set is pretty much fixed. As for the extra instructions, I don't think they make a difference in most applications. Are there any benchmarks comparing the standard package vs. one compiled for that specific processor?
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