On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 02:20 PM, William Scammell wrote: >> On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 02:03 PM, Loren Schooley wrote: >>>> I'd rather see a quad processor machine, or a PPC970 based Mac >>>> before >>>> an ATX motherboard running OS X... >>> >>> NOW we're talking. A dual Ti would make me a lifer. >> >> i wonder if it would be possible to write code into the kernel that >> would allow 'real time' 'hot swapping' of the cpu ... i mean that >> while your machine is booted and operating, would it be possible to >> put ONE processor into deep sleep or turn it off? and reactivate it >> when needed? >> >> the machine could (if technologically possible) run on one proc. >> until the primary proc. hit 100% then the 2nd proc. could kick in or >> 'wake up'... > > > yes, that would be especially useful if you're on batteries. (energy > saver setting) Ok. Well, it's settled then. Let's do it! ;) --- http://www.mp3.com/lukeetyrnal (music no one likes) etyrnal at ameritech.net