Quad core only works on Ultimate vista

[supaidaaman]

http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-6139465...part=rss&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5&subj=news

$400 for ultimate vista...just so it will use the other chip.

i think its insane to not only make us upgrade our hardware for $$, but then to have $$$ for the OS. = more bootlegs and me staying on xp until it drops to $100

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Anand Lal Shimpi disagrees.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2879

 

[Lonyo]

Dual dual-core processors and single quad core are 2 different things.
Windows usually IIRC assigns licenses based on the number of physical CPU's present in a system, not by the number of cores. Single CPU quad cores will probably work fine, but dual processors with dual cores to give 4 cores may not.


Windows XP Home 1
Professional 2
Windows 2000 Professional 2
Server 4
Advanced Server 8
Datacenter Server 32
Windows versions and processor numbers supported.
No reason to expect Vista to be any different.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Dual dual-core processors and single quad core are 2 different things.
Windows usually IIRC assigns licenses based on the number of physical CPU's present in a system, not by the number of cores. Single CPU quad cores will probably work fine, but dual processors with dual cores to give 4 cores may not.

No idea how it works or will work with Vista, but WIndows XP worked just fine with a single license on my dual Xeon... So that can't be how it "usually works". Just FYI.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Dual dual-core processors and single quad core are 2 different things.
Windows usually IIRC assigns licenses based on the number of physical CPU's present in a system, not by the number of cores. Single CPU quad cores will probably work fine, but dual processors with dual cores to give 4 cores may not.

No idea how it works or will work with Vista, but WIndows XP worked just fine with a single license on my dual Xeon... So that can't be how it "usually works". Just FYI.

Yeah, see my edit XP Home does 1 CPU, Professional supports 2 CPU's with any number of cores. The basic Windows (Home at the moment, Vista Home - both versions, in the future) supports one, the high end business one supports more.

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: supaidaaman
http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-6139465...part=rss&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5&subj=news

$400 for ultimate vista...just so it will use the other chip.

i think its insane to not only make us upgrade our hardware for $$, but then to have $$$ for the OS. = more bootlegs and me staying on xp until it drops to $100

dont take things out of context.

Quad FX only works on Vista Ultimate, not quad core.
theres a big difference between 2 dual core processors and 1 quad core.
the difference is the number of sockets.

 

[Homerboy]

OSes, and many high-end apps are licensed PER CPU, nothing to do with cores.
Please stop spreading mis-information ignorantly.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Dual dual-core processors and single quad core are 2 different things.
Windows usually IIRC assigns licenses based on the number of physical CPU's present in a system, not by the number of cores. Single CPU quad cores will probably work fine, but dual processors with dual cores to give 4 cores may not.


Windows XP Home 1
Professional 2
Windows 2000 Professional 2
Server 4
Advanced Server 8
Datacenter Server 32
Windows versions and processor numbers supported.
No reason to expect Vista to be any different.

Am I reading it right that you can have two quadcore cpus with XP professional for 8 total cores?

 

[Homerboy]

Am I reading it right that you can have two quadcore cpus with XP professional for 8 total cores?

yes Ill say it again...
OSes are licenesed per CPU socket not by cores. If Intel made a 1 socket, 1,000,000 core CPU TECHNICALLY and LEGALLY it would be ok for XP Home. You could run 2x of those with XP Pro too.

 

[supaidaaman]

thanks for the fix, guess i read wrong