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JAC
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 Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:18 am Post subject: XP Pro and Pentium Pro |
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This is probably a question for Frank, the pentium pro king.. 
Does anyone run Xp on a pentium pro system ( single, dual or quad cpu) ?
Does it work ok? etc.. |
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fRaSsL
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:48 am Post subject: |
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Why should it not work  But Quad systems... hmm... dunno whether XP takes 4 CPU or not. I believe no. I used Win2000 AS or ES.
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JAC
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:11 am Post subject: |
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My experience is not good with multiple cpu. I have a request for some simple computers. ( i.e. FREE ) .. and I have some pentium pro parts so it makes sense! I thought I would try it and see if it worked ok. I found some posts on usenet that said it works ok for some, but not for others.
I traded all my pentium pro overdrives 333Mhz, so I am also looking for one if anyone has one! |
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Marcin
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: |
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XP Home - max 1 CPU
XP PRO - max 2 CPUs
2000/2000 Pro/Server - max 2 CPUs
2000 Advanced Server - max 8 CPUs
I used 2000 Advanced Server on Quad Pentium Pro. Works very well 
PS I looking for Pentium II Overdrive 333 too.
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picur10
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:55 am Post subject: |
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So If I want to use a dual core cpu then I need XP Pro?   |
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fRaSsL
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Yes and no. It's legal to do some tricks that make your home edition to a Pro Edition. But I don't recommend XP for playing around. Win2k is much faster on old machines
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Marcin
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| fRaSsL wrote: | | Win2k is much faster on old machines |
Especially 2k not need good VGA card what is problem on old machines especially Quad server systems. No XP for Pentium Pro !
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JAC
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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| ah.. I forgot completely about Win2K.. I'll use that. |
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Oddie_
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I have a Fujitsu-Siemens server based on a P-Pro 200/256KB .I added 256MB RAM 72c (2x64MB + 4x32MB) and now it's running Windows XP Pro perfectly.
The performance is a little slow but it runs good to work. |
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spongiforme
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| picur10 wrote: | | So If I want to use a dual core cpu then I need XP Pro? |
I have a dual Xeon 2.66 GHz machine. Each of the CPUs supports hyperthreading. Windows 2000 Pro used to see only two processors, but after I installed XP Pro, 4 of them were reported.
I believe that Microsoft changed its licensing so the numbers mentionned above apply to physical processors rather than cores or logical processors a few years ago.
It's probably easy to find a definitive response to this on the web.
[edit - see http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/highlights/multicore.mspx] |
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JAC
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| hey hippo.. wondered where you were.. nice layout html! |
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