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Xeons are more expensive and designed more for server applications. As a P4 has more than enough horsepower for all but the most demanding number crunching setups, go with P4 and save yourself some money.
What's most important is #1, Operating System (Win2K or XP) and #2, adequate RAM... 512MB minimum.
Don't forget the limiting factor.......Broadband vs. dial-up...but we assume he has broadband...
Michael B.
Michael B.
P4 Xeons have the following advantages over regular P4's:
1) you cannot use multiple P4's in a dual (or more) processor motherboard - you need Xeons or Xeon MP's.
2) You cannot buy P4's with the massive L2 cache some Xeon's have.
As to the effect they would have on _your_ trading, the answer depends, but generally if you have to ask how they would be to your advantage, the answer is they would not help _you_.
FWIW, _I_ could easily gobble all the processing power of a Quad 3.2 Ghz Xeon MP machine.
nitro
then look into this awesome configuration....
www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm
and....
http://www.go-l.com/winxp4l/winxp4l/index.htm
I am impressed with the level of attention to detail not only on the machine, but on the handsome website.
The thing about this machine is - why not make a machine with the same specs as this one, but have it be a dualprocessor board machine?
You see, my guess is that this machine is catered more the gaming world than the business world. I do not know much about the way games are written, but this probably where this kind of machine shines.
On the business side, for a little more money(~ $10,000), it is possible to build a Quad Xeon MP machine. This machine would run rings around the L machine you show at business type computations.
nitro
aphexcoil,
You can enable HT on the new Xeons.
http://www.intel.com/products/serve...index.htm?iid=ipp_browse+featureprocess_xeon&
nitro