From: "Rich" 

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0496_01C59C6A.CD02DAF0
Content-Type: text/plain;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

   Windows XP licensing is by physical processor, not core, not logical =
processor.  To user more apps, two dual core CPUs looks very similar to =
two hyperthreaded CPUs.

Rich

  "Randall Parker" =
 wrote in message news:42f82f14$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Given that chips that do dual core SMP are on the market and some =
(e.g. Opteron 275)=20
  even will work in pairs to provide 4 cores in 2 chips I'm wondering =
what the issues are.

  Can XP Pro use 2 dual core chips? Or does it top out at two CPU cores =
max?

  If one needs a different Windows OS to run 2 dual core chips then how =
expensive does=20
  that get?

  Also, if one goes for a Windows server OS what inconveniences does =
that cause a=20
  desktop user? How different is Windows for servers from Windows for =
desktops?

  I'm thinking later this year or early next year I want to get a =
machine that is=20
  extremely cutting edge. The idea of two dual cores in the box seems =
pretty cool. I=20
  could even use them by using gmake to parallelize my C++ builds.
------=_NextPart_000_0496_01C59C6A.CD02DAF0
Content-Type: text/html;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable








   Windows
XP licensing is by =
physical=20
processor, not core, not logical processor.  To user more apps,
two = dual=20
core CPUs looks very similar to two hyperthreaded CPUs.
 
Rich
 

  "Randall Parker" <mailto:obfuscate_techieSPAMpundit_now{at}STOPfutureSPAMpundit_with_b=
old_stuff.comNOW">obfuscate_techieSPAMpundit_now{at}STOPfutureSPAMpundit_wit=
h_bold_stuff.comNOW>=20
  wrote in message news:42f82f14$1{at}w3.nls.net...Given=20
  that chips that do dual core SMP are on the market and some (e.g. =
Opteron 275)=20
  even will work in pairs to provide 4 cores in 2 chips I'm =
wondering what=20
  the issues are.Can XP Pro use 2 dual core chips? Or does it =
top out at=20
  two CPU cores max?If one needs a different Windows OS
to run 2 =
dual=20
  core chips then how expensive does that
get?Also, if one =
goes for=20
  a Windows server OS what inconveniences does that cause a desktop =
user?=20
  How different is Windows for servers from Windows for =
desktops?I'm=20
  thinking later this year or early next year I want to get a machine =
that is=20
  extremely cutting edge. The idea of two dual cores in the box =
seems pretty=20
  cool. I could even use them by using gmake to parallelize my C++=20
builds.

------=_NextPart_000_0496_01C59C6A.CD02DAF0--

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5