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    Intel Core 2 Duo & XP Home

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Odin5578, Jul 31, 2007.

  1. Odin5578

    Odin5578 Notebook Evangelist

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    Simply put: Will the Core 2 Duo work with XP Home? I've read some articles that say XP Home doesn't support dual processors or dual cores. I'm just trying to decide if I can stick with Home or if I need to switch to Pro.

    Thanks,
    -Taylor
     
    Odin5578, Jul 31, 2007
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    It's not that XP won't work with a C2D it's just that it isn't optimized for one... but I know there's a patch somewhere that can fix that.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 31, 2007
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  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Does that mean that it will have trouble handling dual-core technology?
     
    SmoothTofu, Jul 31, 2007
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  4. tebore

    tebore Notebook Evangelist

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    Home will be fine.

    It's not Licensed for 2 Sockets. So lets just say you have a dual socket system Home will only show 1 CPU.

    Pro is licensed for 2 sockets.
     
    tebore, Jul 31, 2007
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  5. gotenks13dbz

    gotenks13dbz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Isnt the same thing for vista home premium? Does that mean that ultimate will perform better with the new santa rosa
     
    gotenks13dbz, Jul 31, 2007
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    No, there's a difference between sockets and "cores." XP Home and Vista Home Premium can both use dual-core CPUs, but Vista uses them better.
     
    knightingmagic, Jul 31, 2007
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  7. Evolution

    Evolution Vox Sola

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    Yes there is a dual core hotfix for windows XP, microsoft released it last year. There is a topic on the forums that deals with optimizing XP for dual cores and you can find it here.
     
    Evolution, Jul 31, 2007
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  8. gotenks13dbz

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    so vista home premium will function equally as well as vista ultimate?
     
    gotenks13dbz, Jul 31, 2007
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  9. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Yes, it will. It won't have as many functions, but the performance benchmarks should be identical. The core OS is the same, they just put random limitations on different versions to try to milk more money out of people.
     
    Pitabred, Jul 31, 2007
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