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I find that is is very similar to the story with graphics cards. nVidia, ATi, and formerly 3dfx would introduce really cool features on their card but no games supported these features. I remember when the Gefore256 came out the only thing that benefited from the Harware T&L were the tech demos that came with the card. Nothing else was coded yet to take advantage of these features.
I think it is the same way with Intel and HT. THey introduce HT so that it looks like there is more than one processor. But few programs take advantage of multiple processors anyways. So it will be a while before we see an advantage in owning a HT processor for the average Joe.
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