Video editing has become increasing popular to do on a home computer in the last couple of years.  Previously it was very difficult to do because of the large strain that it puts on a computer.  If you didn’t have a high-end machine it would take a substantial amount of time, if it was even possible to do at all.  Apple has always had a large corner on this market due to the applications available and their machines being more suited to the task.

To handle video tasks the higher the threads a computer can process simultaneously the better.  This allows the computer to essentially work on many things at a time and increase the overall speed of a task.  Of course all of this depends on the actual hardware in a computer which must be compatible with hyper-threading. Windows Vista got a little boost when it was able to process up to 4 threads at a time if the computer had a quad-core processor.  This performance boost was noticeable not only with video editing applications but anything that dealt with video including Windows Media Player.

Now with Windows 7 the threading capability has been increased yet again, now 8 threads can be processed simultaneously with a 8-core processor.  For applications to utilize all 8 threads they must be programmed for it but with something so beneficial for users it will likely catch on very quickly.  For more details check out the link where Ben Waggoner gives more details and links to the SDK.

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