Author: Slater Wold
Date: 21:42:20 08/13/01
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On August 14, 2001 at 00:06:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. Uh, that's what I said. "XP will support SMP just as 95, 98, and ME do now." (That is, NOT AT ALL.) And that's what the MS clip said. > > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>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... If that is indeed what he meant, then I did take it wrong. And I apologize. From what I understand, everything that 95, 98, or ME can do, XP Home Edition will do as well. And this coming from MS. Also, like you said, I think splitting a screen into 4 - 8 - 12 monitors is a driver and software thing. I don't really see how MS is going to stop manufacturers from doing this. Slate
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