XP Home with Dual Core? - Page 2

aliasaid · 04-12-2006, 04:20 AM

every1 should have sp2 anyways... or else you're vulnerable to security risks.. some ppl complain about the packaged firewall etc.. but i think thats all bogus. sp2 is is a must in my opinion.. unless you're behind some uber physical firewall...

MrCoffee · 04-12-2006, 07:19 AM

So will xp home sp2 be ok with 2 processors, i.e. as opposed to a dual core single processor?

Nitestick · 04-12-2006, 07:28 AM

should be. SMP support is generic and works with dual processor and dual core configs. i don't think Home will support any more than 2 "logical processors" in other words a dual core xeon with HT is out (no idea why anyone would want to use home with that anyway) or dual processors with HT are out

m3incorp · 04-25-2006, 03:52 PM

Hmm true, but I am pretty sure the guy would have been talking about Home XP with roll up 2. I haven't seen the core XP being sold for a long time.

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Originally posted by nitestick
actually that is wrong. the core of XP Home doesn't have SMP support until you have installed SP1 or SP2 (i think its included in SP1 but i'm not sure). there is a difference. XP Pro has SMP support by default.

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