[cottonvibes]

it seems here we have a contradictory ideas.


first someone mentions that there are no applications that take advantage from 4-8 cores.

then later when someone mentions there are apps that take advantage of 4-8 cores, and they're called "un-optimized."


so it seems no matter what is said, some people just won't accept that multi-cores are a good thing...


i don't understand why theres so much hate about multiple cores.
it dosn't matter if the multiple cores will only be used for 1% of the time, they're still a good thing.

if you had the choice between a 2-cored processor @ 4ghz, and a 8-cored processor @ 4ghz, you'd be a fool to choose the 2-cored processor.

obviously with the law of diminishing returns, the more cores a processor has, the less performance increase it gets.
But thats not to say that 8-cores are "useless."

and the faster we get 8-cored processors on the market, the faster coders can start experimenting with the benefits of the extra cores.

no-one is making you people buy the 8-core processors.
if you're happy with your single and dual-cored processors, stick to your core2duos and Pentium 4s,