XP Home Multiprocessor

[dennispublic]

I keep seeing links stating that XP Home doesnt support
multiprocessors, but XP Pro does.

I am running Xp Home with an AMD X2 4200 dual cpu and I seem to get the
benefit of both processors a(ie: I can go to task manager and set
"Affinity" for processes, I can use all the dual cpu AMD related
tools).

Can someone explain? Is it because the X2 dual processor is just 1
chip? Does XP home support multiple CPU's or not?


thx

 

[Bob I]

Dual core, YES. Dual CPU, NO.

 

[Dave B.]

As Bob said, Home supports dual core/hyperthreading, it does not support
multiple physical CPU's

 

[Jim Macklin]

count the sockets.



|I keep seeing links stating that XP Home doesnt support
| multiprocessors, but XP Pro does.
|
| I am running Xp Home with an AMD X2 4200 dual cpu and I
seem to get the
| benefit of both processors a(ie: I can go to task manager
and set
| "Affinity" for processes, I can use all the dual cpu AMD
related
| tools).
|
| Can someone explain? Is it because the X2 dual processor
is just 1
| chip? Does XP home support multiple CPU's or not?
|
|
| thx
|