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RE: OS? Home, Media or Pro?

Depends on who you believe...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006042012944

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.intel/browse_thread/thread/d4d7effc305e94e7/654461755d2df9b9%23654461755d2df9b9

The second link makes the distinction between physical processors and 
cores 
with the upshot being that XP home will make use of both cores.


At 2006.05.18 02:13 PM, jeff larson wrote:
> > For anyone getting a DuoCore or other multi-processor machine
> > (that would be all the smart people!) then they need pro -
> > home doesn't support multiple processors, afaik.
>
>My understanding is that Dual Cores are not considered to
>be "multiple processors" from the OS's perspective.  There are
>a lot of Dual Core machines being sold right now bundled
>with XP Home or Media Center.
>
>http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/cto_entdt_e510?c=us&c
>s=19&l=en&s=dhs
>
>I really doubt they would even offer this configuration
>if you could only use one core.