On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 11:54 -0500, Martin Klingensmith wrote:
> I think #1 is still where most software fails. It's very routine for my
> desktop machine to be sitting at "50%" load where I have two processors
> (100% = both processors being utilized).

Agreed, however dual core is still amazingly useful, even if all the
software is single core. The reason is multitasking actually becomes
multitasking, you can have two processes running at the same time at
full load.

The difference in the "feel" of how fast my dual-core PC is vs. my
single core laptop is significant.

I can't wait until more cores become mainstream.

TTYL
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