os question

[heffer]

will vista be an asymmetric or symmetric operating system?

 

[Win2kpatcher]

wow I feel dumb with this question

 

[kpmwrestler]

me too. What is asystematic? what is systematic?

 

[Bruce]

a·sys·tem·at·ic (-sst-mtk) or a·sys·tem·ic (s-stmk)
adj.
Not specific to one system or set of organs; not systematic.

 

[Bruce]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

 

[KSoD]

Windows Vista will be like XP. It will have a OEM version jsut like XP and it will be jsut like XP as it will have Full versions and upgrades.

It will be like OS X that it will NOT install on Intel Macs. Even with Boot Camp. It will be specific to PC's only.

 

[heffer]

the only reason i'm asking is because an asymmetric OS uses only one core in a multicore cpu to run itself; all the instructions and threads relating to the OS will be processed by one core, so it leaves the other core (or other 3 cores when quad-core comes out) free to do applications. and since most games today can only take advantage of one core, an asymmetric setup seems to be more efficient bcuz a highend game can use the full potential of a processor without having to share resources with the os. i'm not sure about this theory but it seems to make sense at the moment. and of course a symmetric OS is an OS which uses all cores evenly just to operate itself.