Enlighten Me: Single vs Dual vs Quad Core Processor

[axisg]

hmmm, that get me thinking. Back about 2 years ago I had a friend who had Linux Disk that would run Linux right off the CD. Then he gathered up 3 PC's from the last office upgrade I did ( IBM PC325 P2's from 2000 or so ) , upgraded the HD's to used 40Gig units and had them running a network and hosting a website with those machines.

I wonder what ever came of that ? I know at some time "virtual" HD and webhosting space was cheaper than the cost of Hyrdo to run the PC's.

I know he showed me a linux webbrowser and it working quite well on those tired old machines but he was having trouble finding table structures for saving data for his websites design.

 

[DrRansom442]

Perhaps, I am a tad late but here is the perfect anology for multi-core processors.

single core - imagine a two lane country highway ... speed limit (measured in ghz). Eastbound and Westbound are your upload and download

dual core - now you just got on the state highway ... still the same speed limit but you got 2 lanes uploading and 2 lanes downloading

quad core - interstate ... now you got 4 lanes going either direction. Traffic (data) may not move at a faster rate but more of it can move at the same time due to less congestion. Because traffic jams are less prevelent ... a higher volume of traffic can move at the speed limit.

I have a 3 year old 2.8 ghz dual core ... it walks all my mother's brand new 3.x something single core.

 

[sui_winbolo]

I am not a big fan of desktops because I like to do my computing in odd places (in bed, on the toilet, under the hood of my car, friends houses, etc.), and I don't have my own internet service (too poor right now!). I have taken apart desktops before, but I love the portability of my laptop. My next project with a desktop will probably be trying to find an ancient one and play with a Linux install. I have never used it, so I don't want to risk my two good machines on it. I will probably start garbage picking old computers to put a working one together (probably something like an x86 architecture machine since it's a pretty widely used standard.). Someone has to have an archaic computer collecting dust they are getting rid of that I can have! I also sadly don't make a lot of money, so I don't have the money to dedicate to building things that are expensive and don't have a practical purpose. Otherwise, I would build a desktop and link it via Bluetooth to an old laptop and use the desktop as a proxy to run the laptop. That way, I could still have the flexibility of a laptop with the power of a desktop.

Well if you want to play with Linux you can just get a Live CD, you pop the CD in your computer, reboot and it boots into Linux and runs from the CD without touching your HDD. Great way to get a feel for Linux.

Also I think you're getting technology confused, you don't use bluetooth to connect computers together. You can either connect through an access point or setup an adhoc to connect directly to your desktop as long as it had it's own wireless card.

The modder that created the xbox laptop is Ben Heck. www.benheck.com

He sorta specializes in making consoles portable. He has done a lot of really kickass mods.

PC watercooling is also very common, it's a great way to create a silent and cool (chilled) system.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I burned both a liveCD of Linux (Debian) and one of Ubuntu as well.

My point with the laptop/PC combo idea was not to use the laptop's processor or hard drive at all, but to find a way to just use the monitor and keyboard as a wireless application for the desktop. I dunno how to do it, maybe Bluetooth is not right and I could just use my router instead. It's just one of many ideas that go through my head every day, most of which never go too far.