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**HAL9000** · 11-16-2002, 11:18 AM

Something to keep in mind. With Hyper-threading, yes, the BIOS sees the new P4 as a dual CPU, but you do not need Windows XP Pro which supports dual CPU's for it to work. Windows XP Home does support Hyper-threading.

11-16-2002, 11:18 AM	#12
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