Re: Dual processor

2000-05-14 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
>I am planning a upgrade of my machine, so I am trying to find out, if I >can have any advantage of a dual processor system, because it actually >is cheaper with a dual Celleron 500 MHz as a 700 MHz Athlon/AMD or PIII, >and I have 256 Mb PC100 RAM, which will be to slow for these mach

Re: Dual processor

2000-05-14 Thread alex
Hi, all! Mogens JÖger wrote: > Hey there. > I am planning a upgrade of my machine, so I am trying to find out, if I > can have any advantage of a dual processor system, because it actually > is cheaper with a dual Celleron 500 MHz as a 700 MHz Athlon/AMD or PIII, > and I have 2

Re: Dual processor

2000-05-13 Thread Steve Rogers
processors, even if the OS can. Brian Weber wrote: > The dual processor part is handled in the kernel. I have a dual PII > 266 Mhz which I am very happy with. Linux does a great job handling the > two processors equally. I have done tests and my dual PII 266 goes > about as fast

Re: Dual processor

2000-05-13 Thread Brian Weber
The dual processor part is handled in the kernel. I have a dual PII 266 Mhz which I am very happy with. Linux does a great job handling the two processors equally. I have done tests and my dual PII 266 goes about as fast as a PII 450 Mhz single. Part of that might be because I am

Dual processor

2000-05-13 Thread Mogens Jæger
Hey there. I am planning a upgrade of my machine, so I am trying to find out, if I can have any advantage of a dual processor system, because it actually is cheaper with a dual Celleron 500 MHz as a 700 MHz Athlon/AMD or PIII, and I have 256 Mb PC100 RAM, which will be to slow for these machines