On Monday 16 November 2009 09:59:43 Richard wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
There was a time when IBM rented two similar models of punch card processing machines. The more expensive model ran twice as fast as the cheaper model and rented for about twice as much. The internal difference was one wire. Clip that wire and you made the cheaper model into the more expensive one (or vice versa I forget which.) But since the machines were rented and not sold the customer could not clip (or replace) that wire. The rationale was that they weren't renting a machine but a service. This is the rationale behind all the different models of Windows 7. They leave features off and charge you less. But their development and manufacturing cost is the same for all models. -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
