XP home vs. pro & multiprocessor awareness

[konakahuna]

hi there,
i know that one of the stated differences between XP home and XP pro is that PRO supports more than one processor. my question is, when running parallels, does it matter? will XP PRO give better performance from my core duo imac than running home? because the machine itself is virtualized, does this even matter? does parallels see a single processor in the virtual hardware or the dual processor in my mac?


thanks for everyone's help...


david r.

 

[davidwsica]

XP Home versus Pro

I'm also deciding between XP Home or Pro. I'd prefer to get Pro but I can get a killer deal on Home. Can somebody answer this question regarding XP home vs pro performance given that XP Pro supports "Scalable processor support"?

Thanks,
David

 

[willwgm3]

Parallels doesn't support SMP at this time so in the short run Pro won't buy you much. I'm not sure about SMP in Parallels as far as future support.

-Will

 

[awoodhouse]

Not much point going for XP Pro under parallels other than the fact that IIRC XP Home can't login to a domain - if you need to do that you have to go Pro.

 

[davidwsica]

I guess maybe the multiprocessor awareness might be useful if I decide to install as dual-boot via Boot Camp versus running under Parallels?