CPU upgrade?

[Stephen]

This is not wholly accurate

There are two main kernels in windows single core and multi core


With XP sp3 and later all windows installas are good to 4 cores


On 2/20/10, Kevin Fries <kfries6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are actually two issues with Windows that make it even more of a PITA
> than most people realize...
>
> First, there is more than one Windows core.  MS doesn't go out of their way
> to make this well known.  If hardware changes in a significant way, such
> that a different core should be selected, you can not correct this issue
> without a reinstall because Windows does not allow live swapout of the
> kernel.  The only mechanism they have to analyze which kernel is required is
> in the installer.  The last I paid any attention, there were four unique
> cores, but their may be more by now.  This is why upgrades of major
> components is discouranged.  Linux does not suffer from such a short-sighted
> design.
>
> Second nightmare is that CPU cores is one of the key criteria MS uses to
> determine licensing.  It used to be 2 cores for a desktop, but any more than
> that required a bigger (i.e. more expensive) license.  I am pretty sure that
> was raised to 4, but not to 8 (dual quad).
>
> So, the moral of the story is, stick with Linux and life gets much easier,
> ha ha
>
> Kevin
>
> Sent from my Nokia phone
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Technomage
> Sent:  02/19/2010 7:01:26 PM
> Subject:  Re: CPU upgrade?
>
> oh yeah. I forgot what a PITA that vista/windows 7 can be. I used linux
> or OSX these days.
>
> On 2/19/10 7:34 AM, Shawn Dowler wrote:
>> Actually, Windows might tell you that it thinks you are using a new
>> computer because too many hardware components changed, which requires
>> you to call a telephone number to get a code to make your Windows
>> installation "genuine" again, but Linux should usually Just Work, even
>> without an SMP kernel. Of course, an SMP kernel will give you better
>> performance on your new processor, but is not required.
>>
>> Shawn Dowler
>> Information Designer
>> shawn.dowler at gmail.com
>> http://walkingtowel.org
>>
>>
>>
>
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