Leythos wrote:
In article gK4Wc.187508$gE.109425@pd7tw3no,
says...

MicroSoft is not about to
reduce the performance of non-OS versions of Windows
in any way that gives Linux yet another advantage.


MS didn't reduce the performance, they check the CPU and enable specific
features that are available depending on Xeon or not. The same is true
for hyper-threading, there are optimizations that can better use it when
the system detects it.

But a Xeon is 100% identical to a Pentium 4, except it has a different
socket, and it can operate in a dual system. Some (but not all!) also
additionally have a L3 cache.

Roland