On Monday 26 November 2007 03:18:23 Chris Mauritz wrote: > Scott Silva wrote: > >> I think you should go for windows XP, as support for these apps is > >> much better than in centos IMO > >> and 4 gigs should be fine for a desktop > > > > I'm not sure if Windows XP will do 8 cpu's. > > I don't think it will. I was under the impression that the non-server > incarnations were limited to two physical cpus. (Which could > theoretically get you to 8 cores with quad-core processors). > > Best, > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I think it sees each core as a cpu. so it will not use quad core or two dual cores on one board efficiently.