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Subject: Re: SURPRISING RESULTS P4 Xeon dual 2.8Ghz

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:51:43 12/17/02

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On December 17, 2002 at 16:34:17, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>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

Is this true for the _latest_ service pack / upgrade?

I don't run windows so I don't know.  I only know what I have seen published by
various
folks at Microsoft, say on the Intel web site.



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