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To: bosquedog who wrote (13642)	12/2/2000 9:23:27 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

<<The Dell workstation would probably be the computer to look at for configuration ideas. Why the trading machines are not under home computers is puzzling to me. The idea of dual processors is intriguing. You could have one devoted to the trading activity and one devoted to everything else (or so it would seem). Is 2 733 equal to one 1.5 chip?>> I am a tech dummy so I don't know if two 733mhz processors would "equal" one 1.5ghz. I only vaguely remember some discussion about why dual processors are helpful. Maybe the smart folks on the thread can help us out on this. I got the BSOD when I closed Medved's software (see his posts on datek thread for the url). He was contending that the streamer crashed computers so I tried his package out as a test. It is an okay package for free <g> in fact it is pretty impressive for free but it seems to be one of the worst resource hogs I've ever loaded. I assume that it tapped my resources so severely (tho this didn't show up on my resource meter which is always open on my taskbar) that shutting it down was too much for my poor Dell. I have not had the streamer crash my box but I have noticed that it has been tough to access at times. BTW, I have compared the streamer to SIs realtime streamer and Datek's is in the area of a couple of seconds faster. SIs streamer is actually pretty nice, btw. Have you tried it? best, Rick ps. This is my first SI post from IE5.5. Does it look normal? <g>

To: bosquedog who wrote (13642)	12/3/2000 9:43:34 AM
From: singletree	Respond to of 110652

"...Why the trading machines are not under home computers is puzzling to me." ********************************************************** Could it be that home computers does not offer W2000?

To: bosquedog who wrote (13642)	12/3/2000 1:13:36 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Two 733 equal one 1.5 chip? Definitely not. They would be equal if your system was able to balance the load perfectly, but that would be as unlikely as a whole pot of popcorn kernels exploding at once and flattening the house. One processor would shoulder the majority of the work, passing tasks to the second when the workload warranted it. So many tasks would NOT lend themselves to a second processor, you'd be limited by the speed of the one doing the work. This would limit the overall performance of your system to the speed of the processor setting the pace. Additional processors won't make the work go faster if they spend most of their time idle. If it takes a woman nine months to produce a baby, don't expect a birth in three months by cooperation among three women. Cheers, PW.