Hi,
Thanks and exactly as you mentioned, but here is one thing that I don't
know:
> Home editions can be installed on boards with one physical processor.
> Business editions can be installed on boards with one or two physical
> processors.
Is above bound to license or is by design of the software?
I don't know much about the architectures of Vista, XP, or even Win3.1 for
that matter
"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Another interpretation is that the each cpu is a physical processor and
> each core is a logical processor. You can see the logical processors on
> the Performance Tab in Task Manager. There will be a CPU Usage History
> graph for each logical processor.
>
> Home editions can be installed on boards with one physical processor.
> Business editions can be installed on boards with one or two physical
> processors. Boards with more physical processors require one of the
> Server editions.
>
> Hyperthreading doubles the number of logical processors so an Intel P4
> with hyperthreading enabled appears exactly the same as an Intel Core Duo,
> Core 2 Duo, or AMD64 x2 on the Performance Tab.
>
> All editions of XP, Vista, and Server work the same in this regard.
>
> "xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> My 2 cents,
>>
>> In summary, cores in CPUs is designed to be independent to OS, and it's
>> just how much the applications (including OS) can take advantages of its
>> processing power.
>>
>> "Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>>> churin wrote:
>>>> Which version of Windows Vista support dual core cpu? Is there any
>>>> which support quad core cpu?
>>>
>>> All versions of Vista support a dual core processor. Same for quad
>>> core. Home Basic and Home Premium only support a single processor
>>> socket, but that can be a single multi-core processor in that socket.
>>> Business, Enterprise and Ultimate support two processor sockets, again
>>> that could be a multi-core processor in each socket.
>>> --
>>> Tom Porterfield
>>
>>
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