nsane.forums Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Microsoft revealed its Windows 8 task manager CPU improvements on Thursday.The software maker has made some subtle improvements to the way it handles the task manager processor list for systems with a huge number of logical processors. The new Metro style Task Manager allows Windows 8 to handle a large amount of cores. Microsoft has switched to a percentage numbering scheme for each processor to show which are being used heavily. In Windows 7, the operating system simply displays a line graph for each logical processor:Windows 7 Task ManagerThe result is a little messy for system administrators. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 Task Manager includes the following:Windows 8 Task ManagerThe improvements won’t affect your average user but they do show that Microsoft is looking at every part of Windows 8 to truly “reimagine” its use across different scenarios. “This is scalability well beyond desktop PCs, and is designed for the server and data center,” explains Windows chief Steven Sinofsky in a blog post on Thursday. “A big part of Windows development is that the OS scales across a wide range of form factors and CPU architectures.” View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuthut Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Holy Hell!!!!! An 8 core, 8 CPU touchscreen tablet? DAMN!!!!Can someone say "Overkill!"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Holy Hell!!!!! An 8 core, 8 CPU touchscreen tablet? DAMN!!!!Can someone say "Overkill!"?It's a 10 core/20 Threads Xeon E7 [email protected] GHz CPU (x8)... 130W TDP, would melt a tablet :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 It's a 10 core/20 Threads Xeon E7 [email protected] GHz CPU (x8)... 130W TDP, would melt a tablet :Pthat would be interesting to see... +1 to Microsoft for some forward thinking, I hope windows 8 doesnt turn into vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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