Ian Pascoe wrote:
Just to add a little more onto this thread.
As Alan correctly suggests the kernel is clever enough to be able to run
multiple applications simultaneously on each of the seperate processor
cores.
But the problem lies in that very few applications currently have been set
My other half is happy now, because I've decided to go for a cheaper
dual core CPU she gets an upgrade too.
Rob
Ssss Don't tell my missus. I haven't upgraded her from a
pentium III yet :-S
Chris
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Chris Rowson wrote:
My other half is happy now, because I've decided to go for a cheaper
dual core CPU she gets an upgrade too.
Rob
Ssss Don't tell my missus. I haven't upgraded her from a
pentium III yet :-S
Chris
LOL, well I'm currently using my other half's Celeron D
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 20:21:46 Ian Pascoe wrote:
But the problem lies in that very few applications currently have been set
up to utilise multi threading - that is to say an application can spread
it's load over multiple cores within the same machine.
Pretty much everything I write is
would be
stretched.
E
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?
Philip Newborough wrote:
On Dec 17
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Hi folks,
I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm
interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz quad core).
Thing is, I'm not sure if I would really make use of a quad core
CPU
(not to mention my other half wants a PC
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:13:28AM +, Kirrus wrote:
The technical stuff behind multi-core processors mean that more processors
are only really useful if you're going to be running a number of
cpu-intensive tasks on your computer simultaneously (as each one will use
just one CPU core,
On Dec 17, 2007 9:27 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:13:28AM +, Kirrus wrote:
The technical stuff behind multi-core processors mean that more processors
are only really useful if you're going to be running a number of
cpu-intensive tasks on your computer
Philip Newborough wrote:
On Dec 17, 2007 9:27 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:13:28AM +, Kirrus wrote:
The technical stuff behind multi-core processors mean that more processors
are only really useful if you're going to be running a number of
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To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?
Hi folks,
I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm
interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU
Hi folks,
I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm
interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz quad core).
Thing is, I'm not sure if I would really make use of a quad core CPU
(not to mention my other half wants a PC upgrade too and my budget won't
Hi folks,
I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm
interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz quad core).
Thing is, I'm not sure if I would really make use of a quad core CPU
(not to mention my other half wants a PC upgrade too and my budget won't
stretch
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