Hi all - good input and valuable responses. Sorry if I offended some of you with the "drive-by" comment and not "blaming" anyone. BUT - the specs are there - right on the Dolphin page - specifications (check it DeeEmm)!
The fly-in, fly-out customers are still customers - true. But they are also the first to scream when things don't work and the info is there for them to use.... People have asked privately for my "opinion" and I have leveled with them as I said see more I would. Some of you here are dead on in agreement with me - actually, in general, all of you have the right idea and have investigated things at least.
HL and Code: I'd love to post something like that checker script, but can only do that on my agent page. I personally think it's a super idea if it helps to solve some of this, but would need to be something simple enough for even dummies like ME to use.
Processor and memory cycles are relevant to speed more than anything - how much you get of those resources vs the other guy's site if on shared hosting and so on. The actual running requirements I refer to (forget speed) needed to make the script work properly is what I am talking about.
Benchmarks? Would be nice to be able to point to something actual instead of some sort of simulated usage.... concurrent and real - not overall and estimated. Thoughts?
Thanks for your responses - oh, ydrargyros, you're right - I can't indirectly advertise here - but people are asking :)