I'll take a slower 2-processor system over a faster single CPU any day. Having two processors lets you maintain a reasonably responsive system even if you're running something CPU intensive. Plus a lot of what we take as normal everyday processing is becoming very CPU intensive, like ripping CDs, digital image processing, video editing, etc. So even if you run Gimp as a single thread rather than Photoshop with multiple threads you still get a benefit from the second processor. --rick Callum Lerwick wrote: >>I'm assuming a generic meaning of AMD64 that includes Opterons. >>I personally think that single processor MBs are waste of time, unless >>one needs something really cheap or doesn't really need the power of a >>SMP system. >> >> > >Ehhh, SMP isn't a great way to get performance for most loads. Unless >you're doing a lot of highly CPU bound, and threadable processing, >you're better off putting your money into getting a faster single CPU >than two slower ones. This means most desktop systems. > >But then I haven't checked prices lately. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >