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Subject: Re: SURPRISING RESULTS P4 Xeon dual 2.8Ghz

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 13:34:17 12/17/02

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On December 17, 2002 at 16:32:10, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 17, 2002 at 15:30:31, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2002 at 15:28:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On December 17, 2002 at 14:22:59, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 17, 2002 at 13:45:18, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In 60 days or less this will be a non-issue for _everybody_.
>>>>
>>>>..that upgrades their system.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>GCP
>>>
>>>
>>>Am I missing something?  If you don't upgrade to a HT-ready processor, then
>>>what is the point of the discussion?
>>
>>This thread was about the software side.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>Then I don't get the upgrade point.  Apparently the windows O/S already has the
>fix, so if
>you buy a system _now_ you get an O/S that understands H/T...

No, you don't, that's exactly what I'm saying. Windows XP is advertised as
Hyperthreading aware but it DOES NOT understand the scheduling issue.

--
GCP



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