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Hoopz:
XP pro handles two processors (dual core).  I'd suggest that route.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: SirPeale on June 08, 2009, 09:41:47 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 08, 2009, 09:36:38 am ---EDIT:  looking at jim's specs I don't see anything about dual procs on that board.

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It says it has 2x processors.  Unless it means dual core.

edit: yes, dual core.

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Yep, and since it's dual core and not two separate procs, any version of XP should handle it just fine.  Really even Home XP has the ability to handle dual procs but since that's considered a server for licensing reasons Home won't do it.  Pro or Server will since they have the pricier and piecemeal licensing scheme.

ChadTower:

What I'm saying is that you only have one CPU - it just happens to have two cores.  That is not the same as a multi-CPU system.  Even if you have a Windows that is optimized for a dual core proc - and your Home might be - a lot of apps aren't going to benefit.  Any app written to execute in a single thread is going to see no difference between a dual or single core CPU.  Larger professional style apps are usually written multithreaded but the typical home use apps, and especially anything freeware that isn't full open source written by pros, are going to be singlethreaded and only use one core. 

saint:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 08, 2009, 09:36:38 am ---You need the server version of XP to run dual procs.  The standard desktop version of XP doesn't do that out of the box. 

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The what? You mean XP Pro, or Server 2003, or 64 bit, or ... ???

shardian:
My laptop is dual core, and my new work PC is dual core. I am quite underwhelmed by the alleged performance increases. The work PC is no faster than the P4 it replaced when loading programs or performing certain CAD processes that I use routinely.

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