Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:36:34 08/14/01
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On August 14, 2001 at 00:42:20, Slater Wold wrote: >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. OK. That is simply _very_ poorly worded. Better would be "XP will not support SMP, just as 95, 98 and ME do not." I don't like things like "I am just as good a brain surgeon as my brother" when my brother has never seen an operating room in his life. :) > > >> >> >>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>>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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