Elfwine opened this issue on Jan 09, 2007 · 31 posts
pjz99 posted Wed, 10 January 2007 at 3:53 AM
No, in the original article you cited:
"The terms state that the software may be used "on up to two processors on that device at one time."
Two processors with any number of cores is two processors (although I expect EVENTUALLY that will change, it will be 4 per processor at most for quite a long time to come), and one license. I don't see what's confusing here, did you look at the MS explanation of how it works? I currently have a quad core machine on XP-64, one license.
Oops, in your example - I think you'll have a hard time finding a 4-socket motherboard, but in the case that you do, the cost of one extra license will be a very, very small percentage of the cost of your machine (got my copy of XP64 for something like $80). Price your hypothetical motherboard and 4 dual-core procs (and why not two quad-core? 
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