> At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:43 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > wrote: <snip> >> Is there something "bad" about the non-threading variant? > > Probably the same thing that is bad about a single core processor. > Which are pretty much no longer available (except for processors meant > for little SBC/Embedded systems). I suspect that either RH or (more I'll call you on that. A *lot* of people, both at home and in offices, are running single core systems, and will be for years. Most folks can't afford to upgrade every year or two... and since *most* folks are running office software, browsing the Web, and doing email, don't *need* to. Besides, this *is* Linux we're talking about, which runs on *everything*, including 386's.... mark