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Will Vanderpool Make Linux More Popular?

Posted by simoniker on Monday October 6, 2003 @07:18AM from the keeping-up-with-the-vanderpools dept.

Digitaldonkey writes "New Scientist is reporting that Intel's forthcoming multi-core processor architecture, codenamed "Vanderpool", could undermine Microsoft's dominance by letting other operating systems run simultaneously more easily. From the article: 'The chip will allow future machines to run, say, Windows XP together with Linux or the Apple operating system as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously.'"

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BSOD by rfrenzob · 2003-10-06 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

This doesn't mean that we will see Linux start generating Blue Screens Of Death does it?
...as easily as... by eth1 · 2003-10-06 07:41 · Score: 4, Funny

...as easily as today's Windows computers run Word and Internet Explorer simultaneously.
We're doomed.
Re:MacOS? by bfischer · 2003-10-06 07:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Duel? Why would you want your various operating systems to fight? Would this be like virtual battle-bots?

Oh, you meant dual boot?

Never mind.