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 256 Mb PC100 RAM, which

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 machines

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

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 as a PII 450 Mhz