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Jim and I have been discussing this for a while now and we have decided that there really isn't a need for a website dedicated to dual processing anymore. Every half-assed website on the 'net has jumped on the bandwagon since Intel introduced hyper-threading on the P4 ("TWO processor graphs in my task manager!!!") and the introduction of dual-core is only going to make it worse. It's been a good 6 year run, but all good things must come to an end. As such, Jim and I have been asked to write workstation/server content for Tech Report, and we will be merging all of our existing content over there. I'm sure this is going to cause some major discontent, especially with the DC teams, but it was inevitable. I hope you all understand. Things will continue as normal until the move is complete and we'll have more updates as things move along. *EDIT* As is usually the case around here this time of the year, this post was our annual April Fools' Day prank. You can stop sending email now... We'll be around for a long (or at least a little) while.

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3574 Joined: 2000-03-15

#35518 Posted on: 04/01/2005 08:28 PM This is the toughest choice we've had to make in our six years. It's been a wonderful ride, but given the way the online review industry is heading, hitching up with TR probably makes more sense than continuing to struggle along here. Thanks for all the memories and good times everybody. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

Absolue_Zero Registered User Posts: 39 Joined: 2005-03-11

#35519 Posted on: 04/01/2005 08:32 PM The Inquirer had quotes from "Otis B. Driftwood" and "Ford Prefect"... "The technology behind PHTTP, which is patented jointly by the 4G and Microsoft, is known as single-bit technology and represents a major technical advance in its own right. Most electronic bits are binary

cmost Back in St. Olaf.... Posts: 414 Joined: 2002-08-13

#35520 Posted on: 04/01/2005 08:33 PM Happy April Fool's Day! (...I hope....) :confused: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 4096 MB DDR 400MHz DDR2 RAM GeForce 9400 GT w 512 MB DDR2 Primary OS: Parsix GNU/Linux (built from Debian Testing) Compiz-Fusion Git Other OS: Windows Server 2003 SP2 (as workstation); Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs; Windows XP Pro. SP3 - via VirtualBox

Overclocked-XEONs Unregistered

#35521 Posted on: 04/01/2005 08:33 PM Merry Christmas! ;)

morpheus777 Burninating the peasants Posts: 1664 Joined: 2002-07-02

#35522 Posted on: 04/01/2005 08:33 PM Ahem... :rolleyes: 20" iMac, 2.66GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB, OS X 10.5.3 Leopard Apple MacBook 1.83GHZ Core Duo, 1GB DDR2, OSX 10.4.11 Tiger

aaronbond Registered User Posts: 197 Joined: 2004-10-22

#35523 Posted on: 04/01/2005 09:11 PM Good try! If it's the truth you have picked the worst day! woohoo

The Doctor Jelly baby, anyone? Posts: 647 Joined: 2002-04-20

#35524 Posted on: 04/01/2005 09:21 PM April fool! And, might I say, quite a good one... Duallies Present Gigabyte GA-8I865G775-G (3.4GHz Pentium-D 950), PowerMac G5 (4x2.5GHz G5), PowerMac G4 (2x1.42GHz G4) Duallies Past Abit BP6 (2x366MHz Celeron @ 550MHz), Intel MS440GX (2x450MHz Pentium III Xeon), Tyan Thunder K7 (2xAthlonMP 1900+), PowerMac G4 (2x533MHz G4) "There are three roads to ruin... the most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians." --Georges Pompidou

sAvAgE69 Unregistered

#35525 Posted on: 04/01/2005 09:30 PM And in more shocking news. sAvAgE69 sees the light and switches to windows.

i_wolf labhair dom as gaelige Posts: 2034 Joined: 2002-11-19

#35526 Posted on: 04/01/2005 09:31 PM Happy April Fools! sorry guys, this years one isn't as good as last years :P (I think last years was Jim was leaving two CPU because he wanted to spend more time with Alicia as he's getting married). Hung like a donkey. Go like a horse!

mchristsen KitKat Posts: 43 Joined: 2002-06-20

#35527 Posted on: 04/01/2005 09:53 PM Nice one! Oh look!!! Hell just froze over! M Tiger MPX 2466N-4M|AMD MP 1900+ x2|PC2100 512 MB REG|ABIT Ti4400|WD 120GB 7200 8MB|QUANTUM ATLAS V 9.1GB|ADAPTEC 2940U2W|Yamaha 2200SZ CDRW|Lite-On DVD| SB Audigy

audioaficionado SMP aficionado too Posts: 3948 Joined: 2003-08-23

#35528 Posted on: 04/01/2005 10:15 PM I hope it's an April fool's joke. It did cause me a moment of excessive adrenaline production. This site is where I refer people for SMP issues. All the other sites, although they try, just aren't up to the level 2CPU is at. However no one is laughing yet and neither am I... Super Micro X8DTH-iF, Dual Westmere Xeons E5620 @2.4GHz Iwill DH800, Dual Prestionia Xeons 2.4 M0 @1.50v 220Mhz 3.3GHz Micronics W6-Lightning, Dual Pentium Pro @200MHz 512 KiB L2 Location: 42.3 N 122.9 W Medford, Oregon, USA Outside with my telescopes looking at the universe

LRSeriesIII Aspiring Rocket Scientist Posts: 1120 Joined: 2002-08-29

#35529 Posted on: 04/01/2005 10:16 PM Nice April Fools guys! You had me going there for a minute. ->Computers ->Folding for team 3074

Dark Registered User Posts: 683 Joined: 2000-02-05

#35530 Posted on: 04/01/2005 10:28 PM Originally posted by cmost Happy April Fool's Day! (...I hope....) :confused: Yea i am with you on that!

Lord British Gentoo Folder Posts: 343 Joined: 2004-04-06

#35531 Posted on: 04/01/2005 10:42 PM Hooz, you forgot to add that OC-X is going to start folding for Tech Report also!! Happy April fools! folding@home name: _ryecoaaron # systems: 4 dual core, 2 quads, 1 dual quad, and a PS3

rmn oh my, it's huge! Posts: 5894 Joined: 2002-01-26

#35532 Posted on: 04/01/2005 11:07 PM No! Please pair up with Tom's Hardware instead! RMN ~~~

Overclocked-XEONs Unregistered

#35533 Posted on: 04/01/2005 11:08 PM Well if there no more 2CPU, TR might as well join us and rename our team somerthing else... it would be a heck of a powerful team. And no, Im' not going to TR, I'm going over to overclockers.com, I wouldn't fold for 2CPU's competition

SparksFlyn Registered User Posts: 20 Joined: 2002-10-02

#35534 Posted on: 04/01/2005 11:16 PM I just finished installing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 on my first Dual P-III 700 machine and started the downloads on the other two servers (Dual P-III 1.0 Ghz & Dual Celeron 466Mhz). I was on my way over to check 2cpu.com to see if anything was going on and saw the message. I was convinced that you guys are closing up shop. We'll need 2cpu.com more than ever when the multi-core units come out. Besides, there are still many of us that are running hand-me-downs and Frankenstien monsters of computers. Feels like having our feeding tube pulled! (Sorry, tastelss joke) Thanks for a great site! SparksFlyn Oops! shouldn't touch that with a screwdriver while plugged in!

Mooseifert NCCH-DL'er Posts: 447 Joined: 2004-03-13

#35535 Posted on: 04/01/2005 11:23 PM I'm sure they'll reopen as 4CPU.com with all the dual cores CPUs coming out soon NCCH-DL with 3.6ghz E0 watercooled by Innovatek HPPS Pump @ 89Hz (org. 66Hz), Konvekt-O-Matic MAXI Radiator and Aqua Computer 360 Radiator and Cuplex Pro Xeon Waterblocks Ebay: Mooseifert Other useful Duallie Sites: [URL=http://www.datamine.tk]Cvidler's PC-DL/NCCH-DL Site[/URL]

Mr Bill two by two, hands of blue Posts: 2939 Joined: 2002-02-16

#35536 Posted on: 04/01/2005 11:31 PM Alas, I too must announce that I will be taking my silly comments to Tech Reports front page. Words cannot express how I feel at bringing you this sad for me, happy for you, news. I can only wonder what could possibly be picked for the Friday Night Topic. I will suggest to them that it be the demise of 2CPU. Boo Hoo. My SMP rig [URL="http://personal.palouse.net/billshan/ghost.htm#A_Merlin"]Merlin[/URL]

audioaficionado SMP aficionado too Posts: 3948 Joined: 2003-08-23

#35537 Posted on: 04/02/2005 12:12 AM Originally posted by Overclocked-XEONs ...I'm going over to overclockers.com, I wouldn't fold for 2CPU's competition Hey if this isn't a joke, team 32 could indeed use a folder of your caliber. Heck your stats are better than most of the teams on the list. Super Micro X8DTH-iF, Dual Westmere Xeons E5620 @2.4GHz Iwill DH800, Dual Prestionia Xeons 2.4 M0 @1.50v 220Mhz 3.3GHz Micronics W6-Lightning, Dual Pentium Pro @200MHz 512 KiB L2 Location: 42.3 N 122.9 W Medford, Oregon, USA Outside with my telescopes looking at the universe

ambit LoveYourFruit Posts: 1243 Joined: 2000-10-15

#35538 Posted on: 04/02/2005 12:22 AM But we never got a definitive answer! http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?threadid=21320

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3574 Joined: 2000-03-15

#35539 Posted on: 04/02/2005 12:31 AM Alright, alright. We can't fool you guys, I guess. Boo. Just so you know we're not going away anytime soon, I can tell you that next week I'll be publishing a 20+ page article. It's some of my most detailed work to date. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

The Doctor Jelly baby, anyone? Posts: 647 Joined: 2002-04-20

#35540 Posted on: 04/02/2005 12:32 AM Originally posted by Jim_ Alright, alright. We can't fool you guys, I guess. Boo. Just so you know we're not going away anytime soon, I can tell you that next week I'll be publishing a 20+ page article. It's some of my most detailed work to date. Ooh, sounds interesting. What's it on? Duallies Present Gigabyte GA-8I865G775-G (3.4GHz Pentium-D 950), PowerMac G5 (4x2.5GHz G5), PowerMac G4 (2x1.42GHz G4) Duallies Past Abit BP6 (2x366MHz Celeron @ 550MHz), Intel MS440GX (2x450MHz Pentium III Xeon), Tyan Thunder K7 (2xAthlonMP 1900+), PowerMac G4 (2x533MHz G4) "There are three roads to ruin... the most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians." --Georges Pompidou

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3574 Joined: 2000-03-15

#35541 Posted on: 04/02/2005 12:34 AM Originally posted by The Doctor Ooh, sounds interesting. What's it on? Pfff, you'll just have to keep checking back and read it when it's published. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

oaklandbum surly fustilarian Posts: 748 Joined: 2003-03-29

#35542 Posted on: 04/02/2005 12:46 AM Originally posted by Jim_ Pfff, you'll just have to keep checking back and read it when it's published. is that another april fool? 20+ pages! you'd have to have been writing that for months. Go Metric

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