> Hi folks, > > I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm > interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz quad core). > Thing is, I'm not sure if I would really make use of a quad core CPU > (not to mention my other half wants a PC upgrade too and my budget won't > stretch to a quad core CPU and an upgrade for her PC too). > > I don't really play games (although I do use the occasional emulator), > but I do want to start doing things like video encoding (I have a pile > of DV tapes to convert to DVD) on top of my usual tasks (downloading > stuff, running the occasional virtual machine, playing music, browsing > the web). > > So, I was wondering if any of you folks on the list are actually running > Ubuntu on a quad core CPU? > > If so, does it make a real major difference over a dual core CPU? > > Ta, > > Rob
Hi Rob, I found this page on t´ interweb.... http://widefox.pbwiki.com/CPU So if I´m reading it right, a 64bit version of Ubuntu Gutsy supports 4 core CPUs, and would run 255 of them (if you won the lottery!) Mmmmmmmmm nice..... Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
