On 15.11.06, 23:08:14, Arjo Rozendaal wrote:
> Why shouldn't WinXp support more than two cpus?
> I'm using a dual opteron dual core system without problems.
> So 4 threads running in RS.
> I'm only waiting for Vista and RS to support 64bit.
>
> Arjo.
>
iirc Microsoft stated that their licensing was treating multi-core
CPUs as a single CPU, so it would only cost per CPU die, not per
computing core. So the 2-CPU "home" license with two Octacore CPUs
would give you 16 cores. :)
Not that Linux or IRIX would have that problem. (IRIX has the
problem that CPU cores cost a helluva lot of money for poor
performance these days. Well, they always cost big bucks, but at
least 15 years ago you also got big bang for the money.)
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Bernd Sieker
NetBSD: Beyond Windows
-- Johan Ihren
