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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
Why would I want a dual core instead of single core?
It means you'll have 2 processors instead of 1 in your CPU.
For old or small programs, this wont make a difference. They aren't written to divide their processes between 2 processors, so they will only use the 1, which means the extra one is just sitting there.
However, nowadays all* major software is coded for multi-threading. Multi-threading is exactly that ability to thread their processes through multiple processors. This means that they could run up to twice as fast. Most programs don't run twice as fast, due to uneven splitting of the load between the 2 processors, but the 2x speed is a fine approx.
*IDK of any that don't, I'm not trying to draw a line on what counts as major.
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