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Old 10-31-2005, 03:21 PM
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Default Re: Basic processor questions

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Pentium D is basically two Pentium 3 processors in one. Pentium 3 processors run cooler and more efficiently than Pentium 4s, hence their use in dual cores.

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Does the OS parcel out tasks such that computations are optimized?
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