This is not wholly accurate There are two main kernels in windows single core and multi core
With XP sp3 and later all windows installas are good to 4 cores On 2/20/10, Kevin Fries <[email protected]> wrote: > There are actually two issues with Windows that make it even more of a PITA > than most people realize... > > First, there is more than one Windows core. MS doesn't go out of their way > to make this well known. If hardware changes in a significant way, such > that a different core should be selected, you can not correct this issue > without a reinstall because Windows does not allow live swapout of the > kernel. The only mechanism they have to analyze which kernel is required is > in the installer. The last I paid any attention, there were four unique > cores, but their may be more by now. This is why upgrades of major > components is discouranged. Linux does not suffer from such a short-sighted > design. > > Second nightmare is that CPU cores is one of the key criteria MS uses to > determine licensing. It used to be 2 cores for a desktop, but any more than > that required a bigger (i.e. more expensive) license. I am pretty sure that > was raised to 4, but not to 8 (dual quad). > > So, the moral of the story is, stick with Linux and life gets much easier, > ha ha > > Kevin > > Sent from my Nokia phone > -----Original Message----- > From: Technomage > Sent: 02/19/2010 7:01:26 PM > Subject: Re: CPU upgrade? > > oh yeah. I forgot what a PITA that vista/windows 7 can be. I used linux > or OSX these days. > > On 2/19/10 7:34 AM, Shawn Dowler wrote: >> Actually, Windows might tell you that it thinks you are using a new >> computer because too many hardware components changed, which requires >> you to call a telephone number to get a code to make your Windows >> installation "genuine" again, but Linux should usually Just Work, even >> without an SMP kernel. Of course, an SMP kernel will give you better >> performance on your new processor, but is not required. >> >> Shawn Dowler >> Information Designer >> [email protected] >> http://walkingtowel.org >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
