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To: Dan3 who wrote (126136)	1/26/2001 10:17:03 PM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

OT - Dan, I really have to disagree with this: "Most programs do most of their work in one thread," Certainly nothing that I've written in the last 5 years. And I doubt that that's the case with very much modern Windows software. It is just so easy to toss-off either a GUI or worker thread, that there's not much resistance to it. Threads used to be a "scarey" topic for Windows programmers, but nowadays MFC makes it trivially easy. (And always has been for worker threads. The MFC support for GUI threads makes it trivial to make a window or dialog have it's own thread.) Besides, my main goal with the dual processors is to be able to run multiple applications when one is hogging the system. I want to be able to browse the web while my greedy daily quote downloader (Quotes Plus) is updating it's database. "What coolers are you using for those 15K drives?" I use PC Power and Cooling BayCools: pcpowercooling.com However, the X15's run cooler than the 10K Cheetahs. Seagate had a nasty reputation for hot drives with the Barracudas and early Cheetahs, and they have listened to their customers and fixed that. They feel COLD when run with the cooler - and just warm to the touch without.