Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:06:43 08/13/01
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On August 13, 2001 at 20:41:33, Slater Wold wrote: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >A step back? WTF are you talking about? XP will support SMP just as 95, 98, >and ME do now. If you want the full SMP effect, you'll have to upgrade, just as >you do now. > There is no "full or partial SMP effect". It either supports the second processor or it does not. 95 and 98 do not. I have both. NT and 2000 do support them. I also have both. XP I don't know about. But for heaven's sake, don't say that 95, 98 and ME support SMP. They most definitely do not. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Taken from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/guide/featurecomp.asp > >DUALVIEW >DualView allows two monitors to host the Windows desktop, while being driven off >of a single display adapter. In the case of laptop computers this could be the >internal LCD display as well as an external monitor. For desktops there are a >variety of high-end display adapters that will support this functionality. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Once again, what are you talking about? > > >Slate I don't believe that is what he was talking about. I believe he meant having your desktop split across several monitors at one time. I have seen 4-headed graphics machines with part of the image on each of 4 different monitors to provide a really _big_ display device. I would assume that video card manufacturers will still be able to provide drivers to do this...
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