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To: Paul Engel who wrote (120089)	7/11/2000 2:21:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574002

Paul, Clearly, SMP isn't a priority for you - nor is performance - since SMP motherboards and CPUs and Operating systems are available today. I am actually running an SMP system right now. But unfortunately, I have found only one program that takes advantage of 2 processors - a program to rip MP3s at high quality. I will replace the this system with a single processor system that will be much faster than the 2 processors (theoretically) combined Joe

To: Paul Engel who wrote (120089)	7/11/2000 2:34:27 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1574002

Paul, Re: Clearly, SMP isn't a priority for you - nor is performance - since SMP motherboards and CPUs and Operating systems are available today. My personal experience with SMP systems is null. However, a few years ago I was working on a SQL based project where one of the more knowledgeable veterans spoke of trying SMP machines (using NT 4.0). His bottom line was that it was a waste of money and recommended adding more ram vs more processors to increase performance. He spoke of NT not handling two processors efficiently resulting in "processor thrashing" where the OS spent too much time deciding which processor it was going to use for what. Net result was same (or even lower) performance. Is Linux more effecient at managing SMP? Why were early Athlons beating SMP Celerons? Kindest regards, CrazyMan