Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 17:11:56 10/19/00
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On October 19, 2000 at 19:07:46, odell hall wrote: >On October 19, 2000 at 17:25:52, Laurence Chen wrote: > >>It depends what OS you'd be interested in running. UNIX is capable of running a >>multi-processor machine, so does Windows 2000. Also how many multi-processors? >>Laurence > >Hello > > > I am interested in running two duron 900 processors, I was told by a technician >that windows me would do the job, a few here have contradicted this assertion. I hate to burst your buble. But, Windows Millenium can run on a dual processor motherboard, however, it will only use ONE processor. It cannot use the second processor. If you run Windows 9x family, it can only use ONE processor. You can go to the microsoft web site to get more information about the Windows 2000 family, besides it would be bad marketing for Bill Gates to sell a dual processor OS for less than $245.00 Canadian for the OEM version, not the upgrade. The technician who provided you with the information certainly has his information wrong. The link to microsoft site is: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/platform/overview/default.asp Let me repeat, only Windows NT Family from Microsoft can run multi-processors, let's not suggesting that UNIX is not capable of multi-processor. Some Linux versions will support multi-processors, not sure which version, though. Laurence
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