On 14 Jul 00, at 16:44, Art Coleman wrote:

> If a dual processor system does indeed have merit, would the
> trade-off be a lack of conventional operation systems, expensive
> hardware, frequent system crashes, etc.

  Generally speaking, the OSes that can take advantage of multiple
CPUs are more stable than those that cannot.
  However:  There are some potential problems in structuring an
*application* to take advantage of multiple CPUs.  Some of these will
only show up if testing is done on a multi-CPU system.  Odds are good
that high-end apps have been tested, and that low-end apps don't try
to use multiple CPUs, but there's a chance of some middle ground of
applications that might have issues with multiple CPUs and may never
have been tested on such a system.

David G

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