Thanks for the prompt reply Justin. Information regarding the use of dual processor systems was based on my own knowledge and reviews of AMDs MP chips including that at http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/athlonmp-1900/index.x?pg=1. It was after reading the recent posts regarding hardware issues that I investigated the dual-processor/SCSI issue. Although I am not disagreeing with your view about dual-processor systems taking advantage of multi-threading, my point was that for most of the time there will not be optimised compatible threads multitasking simultaneously - lessening the benefits of the dual-processor mainboard.
My comparison of IDE and SCSI devices was based, among others, on an investigation by the University of Virginia and Lucent Technologies into this subject (the article can be found at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~bsw9d/papers/ide_scsi.pdf). I realise that both of the above points are contentious issues. The reason I posted to the group was to get input from 'real-world' people who actually use these hardware/software configurations, such as yourself. As a result of your appreciated input, I am now swaying towards SCSI and dual-processor based mainboard, unless anyone else wants to contribute... Regards Stuart =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
