Rolf-Werner Eilert escribi?: >> Windows Seven is mainly an end user OS, so, how much end users would >> want 16 threads?, also anyone who buys more than 2x i7 and the >> corresponding MAINBOARD for 1 computer, can also buy a Windows Server >> supporting more than 2 Physical CPUs. > Yep, I got the expression wrong - thought of 2 real CPU cores in one > die which would have excluded Xeon-like setups. I guess 2 real cpu cores in one die may also be seen by Windows as 1 physical CPU. The first Pentium Dual Core CPUs, were 2 PIV cores on 1 die. And xeon are based on PIV cpus/cores. (As far as i understand from what i read)
> What I still do not understand, however, is why they push a Home > Premium version without XP emulation (almost all new machines sold > come with it). End users will have a great bunch of older software > they depend on which they will want to continue using. As far as I can > see, they would have to upgrade to Professional to be able to use XP > emulation. Or did I get this wrong, too? :-) I think that's just marketing stuff, "if you want more, pay more". There is a cheap stripped down Office (starter or school or something alike) and there is a striped down "starter" windows, both for emerging countries, they're cheaper and they have less capabilities, as crazy as limiting the ammount of running applications on windows at a time to 2 or 3. So crazy as pay for a stripped down office package while you can have a completely free and 100% functional OpenOffice.
