|
![](/i/fill.gif) |
In article <398ff0ae@news.povray.org>, "Thorsten Froehlich"
<tho### [at] trf de> wrote:
> No, this is not the case when running Mac OS (it will be the case
> once Mac OS X is out early next year). Mac OS still uses co-operate
> multitasking...
...snip...
As I understand it, the problem isn't the cooperative multitasking, it
is the way the multiprocessing is done. Currently, the Mac OS doesn't do
SMP(symmetric multiprocessing), it is assymetric. I think the OS gets
one CPU, and applications run on the second, unless they are
specifically designed to handle multiple CPUs(PhotoShop, for example,
can use both CPUs).
> Of course, it is always possible to install Linux PPC on a dual-G4
> Mac, and the multiprocessing world is 'normal' again :-)
Or you could just wait until the OS X public beta is released...
--
Christopher James Huff - Personal e-mail: chr### [at] mac com
TAG(Technical Assistance Group) e-mail: chr### [at] tag povray org
Personal Web page: http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG Web page: http://tag.povray.org/
Post a reply to this message
|
![](/i/fill.gif) |