Intel Quads and Vista Eula. Will you have to buy 2 lisc?

[Guest]

A friend told me that you will have to buy 2 Vista lisc. to run a new quad
processor. Is this true?

Thanks

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

No, but what you might need is Windows Code Name Long Horn Server Enterprise
Edition, as Windows Vista only supports 2 Processors, Just FYI.

 

[Nathanial Woolls - DX Squad]

A friend told me that you will have to buy 2 Vista lisc. to run a new quad
processor. Is this true?

Vista has limits for "physical processors", not cores.

 

[Paul Smith]

A friend told me that you will have to buy 2 Vista lisc. to run a new quad
processor.

Is this true?

No.

You can have as many processor cores on a single processor as you like.
It's when you start using multiple CPUs (the limit being 2 on Windows XP
Pro - probably the same on Vista but don't quote me). But again that only
applies to the CPU as a whole, there's no limit to the number of cores on a
single chip.

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[Mark Gillespie]

A friend told me that you will have to buy 2 Vista lisc. to run a new
quad
processor. Is this true?

Thanks

Depends, Intel Quad is on a single motherboard socket, but AMD's quad
offering is on 2 motherboard sockets.

You will never need more than 1 licence, merely the CORRECT licence.. XP
Home does not support multiple processor sockets, the same applies to
everything upto Vista Home Premium, I believe...

 

[Richard G. Harper]

That is so wrong, Kevin. Just FYI.

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[Richard G. Harper]

That is incorrect. Since the Core 2 Quadro processor is a single physical
processor, it requires only one license. The license says nothing about
CORES, only PROCESSORS.

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[GBK]

Vista Home Basic supports only 1 cpu max
Vista Home Premium and above supports 2 cpus (physical) there is no limit
for cores. so if you have a dual processor board that takes 2 quad core
processors it is perfectly ok with Vista Home Premium and above..

in effect you'd have an 8 core system and as long as cpu manuf. add cores
you will never have to worry about it unless you are trying to install it on
a server box with more then 2 physical sockets.