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 to a quad core CPU and an upgrade for her PC too).
I don't really play games (although I do use the occasional emulator), but I do want to start doing things like video encoding (I have a pile of DV tapes to convert to DVD) on top of my usual tasks (downloading stuff, running the occasional virtual machine, playing music, browsing the web). So, I was wondering if any of you folks on the list are actually running Ubuntu on a quad core CPU? If so, does it make a real major difference over a dual core CPU? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/