personally i am going to stay away from dual core for 6-12 months, just until all the little bugs etc are out of it and also when people start reporting how their apps are running on them. after all if some app has some lowlevel code and it ends up it can only use one core you are left using a 1.66 for that app!
slán
~M

>What's the scoop on performance for dual core machines?
>
>For example...
>a 3.0gz P4 vs. 1.66-GHz dual core.
>
>Basicly, trying to figure out between these two.
>http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/321957-64295-89315-321838-f1-1839153.html
>and
>http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/321957-64295-89315-321838-f1-445351.html
>
>My guess is that the dual core stuff requires software that's actually capable of using the technology. Seeing how I'm a programmer, I'd have stuff like SQL Server 2005, VFP9, .NET 2005 perhaps...stuff like that on it. Seems like the P4 one is a little bit cheaper, and has more GHz - but obviously there is more to it than that...anyone know which is gonna perform better or any suggestions that would help in making a good decision?