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hi John, actualy the apps do not have to be specifically written for smp, since NT dynamicaly controlls all cpu thread allocation, like it does memory. as lon as an app is 32 bit and multithreaded, it will fly on nt, as nt constantly monitors and assigns cpu threads to maximize efficiency. even 16 bit apps benefit, though not as much, because even though they cannot do multiple tasks within the app, the NT os runs on one cpu ad the app have another to itself. so all apps benefit from smp under Nt, nut 32 bit threaded app benefit to a higher degree. we have been building SMP dual pentium systems for over a year under NT with ASUS boards and have seen the results even when running a 16 bit app like photoshp 2.5, when you multitask another app , and print in the background you see the difference with 2 cpu's this is NT's beauty over any other OS's, it is semi intelligent and makes decisions Dynamically for RAM, Swap file, Cache, and CPu threads based on what is going on from second to second. it can shut down part of itself not being used to disk to maximize avail ram, uses all free ram for a disk cache, spontaneously, decides what app needs how much cpu time, and always gives apps a maximum efficient supply of ram\ CPu\cache though you may be interested. Cameron CYberImage