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Originally Posted by rollercoaster375
And a 2 GHz Core Duo will beat the crap out of a 2.8 Ghz Pentium D... Compromises must me made  |
That depends. The Pentium D has a faster bus, whereas the Core Duo has more efficient cores. So, a comparison between the two isn't that easy to make. Note also that the Pentium D has EM64T, which the Core Duo won't until the next generation.
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Will OEM copies work? If they will, that's worth looking into... But for some reason I didn't think that was possible... *shrug*
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As long as they're not restore CDs, yes, they'll work just fine. You might even be able to save a few bucks getting an SP1 (or non-SP) CD and slipstreaming* it yourself.
*) That's what Microsoft calls the process of applying a service pack, then re-burning the install media.