Wow, thanx for the info guys...very detailed and helpful

To forester and draklava, if what you are saying is correct, in that multithreading is an operating system feature, then why are Intel pitching these new chips as multi-threading? May I draw your attention to this from the Intel website:

`Intel extends Hyper-Threading Technology to a variety of desktop PCs, with the new Intel Pentium 4 processor, featuring an advanced 800 MHz system bus and speeds ranging from 2.40C to 3.20 GHz. Hyper-Threading Technology from Intel enables the processor to execute two threads (parts of a software program) in parallel - so your software can run more efficiently and you can multitask more effectively.

`. The page in question is here: http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/processors/pentium4/index.htm?iid=ipp_desk_proc+highlight_p4_ht&

So is it a function of the operating system, facilitated more by this recent development?

Please excuse my ignorance. I have been an AMD customer for a while and never really considered an Intel until now.

As for a renderfarm type scenario, how do I connect the two systems? Through a network setup?

Thanx again