Windows 2000 question....

[cluberti]

Those looking for dual core processors should be considering what they do with their PCs - if you play games and do some word processing and email/net access, a dual processor box is an expense that is (at least for the most part) not justified. However, for those of us who run multiple VM's, compile, and use threaded applications, the more the merrier. Anyone who is a "power user" (not gamer, but power user) will tell you that a multiprocessor machine performs better under load than a single processor machine, at almost ANY task.

However, since both Intel and AMD have pretty much put the future in dual-core processors, you will see more threaded, multiprocessor aware applications within the next year or two. The MHz race has become the "more chips on one die" race, and it will be good for consumers in the long run .

Edited November 30, 2005 by cluberti

[fizban2]

though for gamers, it won't be long before you see games starting to take advantage of the dual core processor's abilities. multi-threaded games are probably not that far off....

[-I-]

the more cores the merrie

actualy we allready have a winner, (IBM to be exact, (128 d(mm)x like cores, on a single chip).

its not realy blazingly fast clocked chip, but it can hendle just to many threads an once... (perfect voor rendering and probebly compiling as well).