Dual Core processor on XP Home?
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The past 16 months or so have seen an unprecedented number of genuine breakthroughs in the field of processor design, especially from AMD. Not only did that company introduce a truly compatible 64-bit processor design which has since dominated the high-end desktop PC market, but it also pioneered the on-die memory controller which has given the Athlon 64 and Opteron chips a leg-up in performance over Intel's offerings. Intel has since adopted 64-bit compatibility also, and now both companies are releasing processors with another brand new feature, dual-cores.\n\nDual-core processors work pretty much as you'd expect them to. At their most basic, both Intel and AMD have taken two mostly (or in the case of Intel, fully) functional processor cores and joined them together in a single processor die. Each core functions and processes data independently, and the two are co-coordinated by the operating system software. \n\nIn this article, PCSTATS is going to focus on both company's versions of this technology, how it works, and the kind of performance boost you can expect from it. Currently only certain of AMD's Opteron server-class processors are available with dual cores, but very shortly AMD will release the Athlon 64 X2 line of dual-core desktop processors. Intel has taken the opposite approach, already releasing the 'Pentium Extreme Edition 840' desktop dual-core chip, while its 'Pentium D' and dual-Xeons lines are not far behind.   \n\n\nSince dual-core processors are essentially a multi-processor system in a convenient package, let's start by looking at some of the multi-processor technologies which have contributed to AMD and Intel's newest products.\n\nSMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) \n\nSMP is the most common approach to creating a multi-processor system, in which two or more separate processors work together on the same motherboard. The processors co-ordinate and share information through the system bus, and the processors arbitrate the workload amongst themselves with the help of the motherboard chipset and the operating system. \n\nThe OS treats both processors more or less equally, assigning work as needed. Both AMD and Intel's new dual-core chips can be considered SMP capable (internally). AMD's dual-core Opteron server processors can be linked to other dual-core chips externally also, but this capability is not present in either company's desktop dual-core lines. \n\nThe major limitations of SMP have to do with software and operating system support. Many operating systems (such as Windows XP Home) are not SMP capable and will not make use of the second physical processor. Also, most modern programs are single-threaded, meaning that there is only ever one current set of linked instructions and data for them. This means that only one processor can effectively work on them at a time. Multi-threaded programs do exist, and can take better advantage of the potential power of dual- or multi-CPU configurations, but are not as common as we might like. \n\nNo other current mainstream desktop processors are SMP capable, as Intel and AMD tend to restrict cutting edge technologies to the higher-end server processors such as the Opteron and Xeon. In the past though, mainstream processors have been SMP capable, most notably the later Intel Pentium 3 processors.
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I have seen "old" laptops TRY to run XP, it is not a pretty sight. If you have less than 128MB RAM and say a 700MHZ processor, I wouldn't recommend it. Besides, you would have to find all those drivers for XP ugh.
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xp pro has a few more networking features than xp home
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NO Xp Pro is probably the best os you can get currently but why are you changing to a Athlon? a intel pentium processor is better than a athlon but its your choice just a suggestion.\n\nHope i helped
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A dual core processor puts two processors on one chip so that it can handle two independent threads(processes).  As far as dual core processors are concerned any AMD Athlon 64x2 is better than their Intel counterparts, I am especially fond of the Athlon 64x2 3800+.  But realize that most applications cannot take advantage of dual core processors yet.  Windows XP can, a few games can but that's about it.  Until more applications are written to take advantage of dual core processing become available (around the middle of next year), it really isn't worth the upgrade but it will be so I would just say wait and get one next year.
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Windows 2000 and Windows XP should be fine if you not intent to run heavy program like gaming. But recommand you upgrade your RAM to 512MB, it make your programs run smooth.
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There is no two slot for putting your processor. You can use HT technology processor which virtually creates two processor on one computer.
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How comes you're using XP Pro on a "P3 class" Celeron with only 64MB Ram. This is a mismatch that couldn't be greater. To run XP Pro you need at least 256MB and even this is low. I suppose you previously had W98 or W98SE, go back to that OS to increase the speed without upgrading the hardware.\n\nBut if you want to stay with the XP Pro, you have to upgrade the memory to the maximum (512MB ?), this is not that expensive. But be careful, not even Crucial has the Ram type of the HP Pavilion 7700 in it's database, so it seems your system may require proprietary or non-standard Ram.
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Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors
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Here is what is required to Use Windows XP Home Edition\n\n• PC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233-MHz minimum required;* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended\n \n• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)\n \n• 1.5 gigabyte (GB) of available hard disk space.*\n \n• Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor\n \n• CD-ROM or DVD drive
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Jan answered this one pretty well the previous time you asked this question. It's not easy, it never will be.\n\nIf your home PC runs XP Pro the software is built in, if it's running XP Home or earlier it's not.\n\nRead her answer follow the information you find. Remote Desktop Connection and VNC are the best options whether it's one time use or over and over.\n\nHave fun.
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Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Home Edition\n•\n\nPC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233-MHz minimum required;* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended\n•\n\n128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)\n•\n\n1.5 gigabyte (GB) of available hard disk space.*\n•\n\nSuper VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor\n•\n\nCD-ROM or DVD drive\n•\n\nKeyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device\n\n\n\nTake a look at the website below for additional requirements for certain XP features\n\nHope this helps.
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As long as your computer meets the requirements for windows xp you should be able to upgrade directly from windows 98 by just insterting the disc while windows 98 is running. \n\nThese are the bare minimum system requirements for Windows XP, but I think they are being rather optimistic.\n\nThe minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP Home Edition are:\n•Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)\n•At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)\n•At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk\n•CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive\n•Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device\n•Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600)or higher resolution\n•Sound card\n•Speakers or headphones
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Being a laptop the answer is "no". In general laptop processors are not upgradable. If they are it's usually cost prohibitive.
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its got a dual core. 2 cpus in one ( some thing better than hyperthreading
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Go for the dual core.  It is faster and more stable if you are like me who like to run many things in parallel.
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Use CPU-Z to see all the information about the processor (and not only). It's freeware