"xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 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 
>
It is limited by both software AND the license.
So even if the product was not limited you would still be in breach of
the license.
--
Mike Brannigan
"xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:%23ex1$PXFHHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>> news:%23DS4GGXFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> 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
>>> news:uz8Tq4WFHHA.5000@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>