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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:35 pm
Post subject: not a flame, a real question
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I am cobbling up a PC from some parts lying around and a mobo I picked
up. I am trying to decide if I would like to make it my main
workstation (transfer over drives, etc.). A question for the group:
given a 2.66-MHz Intel dual core (Prescott, no HT here) vs. a 2.2 MHz
Athlon 64; same memory speed, video, etc. - which could I expect to
run faster for office applications, some light (amateur) photo
retouching, running Oracle, etc.? I run Gutsy and Gnome/Mac4Lin, if
that matters.
Thanks in advance -
Kind regards,
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:40 pm
Post subject: Re: not a flame, a real question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Jan 15, 4:35 pm, jh <ja... RemoveThis @hwai.com> wrote:
> I am cobbling up a PC from some parts lying around and a mobo I picked
> up. I am trying to decide if I would like to make it my main
> workstation (transfer over drives, etc.). A question for the group:
> given a 2.66-MHz Intel dual core (Prescott, no HT here) vs. a 2.2 MHz
> Athlon 64; same memory speed, video, etc. - which could I expect to
> run faster for office applications, some light (amateur) photo
> retouching, running Oracle, etc.? I run Gutsy and Gnome/Mac4Lin, if
> that matters.
>
> Thanks in advance -
>
> Kind regards,
>
> jh
Never mind! Found the Tom's Hardware applet. The Intel (and I was
worng, it's a Conroe) is by far faster on the PCMark 2005 benchmark,
which seemed the most relevant to what I plan to do. Sorry to waste
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:03 pm
Post subject: Re: not a flame, a real question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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jh <jared DeleteThis @hwai.com> wrote in news:58ea9287-dc28-4f5e-a2b6-
710ec7efd825 DeleteThis @m34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
> On Jan 15, 4:35 pm, jh <ja... DeleteThis @hwai.com> wrote:
>> I am cobbling up a PC from some parts lying around and a mobo I picked
>> up. I am trying to decide if I would like to make it my main
>> workstation (transfer over drives, etc.). A question for the group:
>> given a 2.66-MHz Intel dual core (Prescott, no HT here) vs. a 2.2 MHz
>> Athlon 64; same memory speed, video, etc. - which could I expect to
>> run faster for office applications, some light (amateur) photo
>> retouching, running Oracle, etc.? I run Gutsy and Gnome/Mac4Lin, if
>> that matters.
>>
>> Thanks in advance -
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> jh
>
> Never mind! Found the Tom's Hardware applet. The Intel (and I was
> worng, it's a Conroe) is by far faster on the PCMark 2005 benchmark,
> which seemed the most relevant to what I plan to do. Sorry to waste
> the group's time...
Knowing nothing about Linux but wanting to learn I ask you if Linux
supports dual core processors? I thought only Vista (maybe XP) could
utilize dual core processors and therefore Linux would leave one core
unused?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:03 pm
Post subject: Re: not a flame, a real question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:30 pm
Post subject: Re: not a flame, a real question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Bill <spamtrap.RemoveThis@tinlc.lumbercartel.com> wrote in
news:MPG.21f6df6017431754989794@localhost:
> In article <Xns9A26A167B683pcbldrNinetyEight.RemoveThis@216.168.3.44>,
> pcbldrNinetyEight <pcbldrninetyeight.com> says...
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> <snip>
>> Knowing nothing about Linux but wanting to learn I ask you if Linux
>> supports dual core processors? I thought only Vista (maybe XP) could
>> utilize dual core processors and therefore Linux would leave one core
>> unused?
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> Linux supports multicore, multiprocessor, and different kinds of
> processors.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_portability_and_supported_ar
> chitectures
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> http://tinyurl.com/2r6db8
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> Bill
Thanks for the answer and link. Would your answer apply to all flavors of
Linux?
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:30 pm
Post subject: Re: not a flame, a real question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <Xns9A26B1BAD1BD4pcbldrNinetyEight.RemoveThis@216.168.3.44>,
pcbldrNinetyEight <pcbldrninetyeight.com> says...
> Bill <spamtrap.RemoveThis@tinlc.lumbercartel.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.21f6df6017431754989794@localhost:
>
> > In article <Xns9A26A167B683pcbldrNinetyEight.RemoveThis@216.168.3.44>,
> > pcbldrNinetyEight <pcbldrninetyeight.com> says...
> >>
> > <snip>
> >> Knowing nothing about Linux but wanting to learn I ask you if Linux
> >> supports dual core processors? I thought only Vista (maybe XP) could
> >> utilize dual core processors and therefore Linux would leave one core
> >> unused?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Linux supports multicore, multiprocessor, and different kinds of
> > processors.
> >
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_portability_and_supported_ar
> > chitectures
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/2r6db8
> >
> > Bill
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> Thanks for the answer and link. Would your answer apply to all flavors of
> Linux?
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>
No, while the kernel is agnostic, whoever is doing the distibution
gets to say what they'll support. If the processors are Intel x86,
just about everybody does. Other processors might take a little
searching for a distribution that supports it.
You can do some searching here:
http://www.linux.org/dist/
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