From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 00:09:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85CBB16A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:09:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91AC243D49 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:09:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k0C09vRH002274 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:09:58 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.4.15] (shiina.dyn.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.15]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id k0C09tAU006793 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:09:57 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <20060111203616.46021.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060111203616.46021.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <00B61835-9B73-4058-ABDF-888B522B1A97@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:10:51 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Dual Core vs HyperThreading vs Dual CPU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:09:59 -0000 On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Danial Thom wrote: > Wait, I can "download music, run a virus scanner > and play games" all at the same time? wow. Wait, > I can do that anyway. Does each core have its own > hard drive too? > > I wonder how many meetings they had before they > came up with that "description" of the benefits > of dual core technology. People are so easily > bamboozled. > > DT No kidding. But I doubt the competence of people that buy computers from big name manufacturers, unless they bought it maybe for server applications, large scale deployment of machines, etc. Gotta love their little Flash graphics with the "balls" representing "bits", just hopping along the CPU/cores... lol. -Garrett