On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:33 PM, John Niven wrote:
> > That was my point. Apple DID make multiprocesser Macs BEFORE they > had an OS that would use them, which is why this single/dual > question was previously subjective. It depended on what apps you > were going to use. > > OSX changed that. Partially. Applications STILL need to be explicitly coded to be multiprocessor aware. Simply running a program under OS X does not let it use more than one CPU. It's a lot easier than under OS 9, so a lot more programs do it (it can be as simple as a compiler switch, but your program has to work in certain fashions to make it that easy.) One of the big changes in 10.6, in fact, is making it a lot easier for applications to take advantage of multiple cores. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
