Windows 10 Pro For Workstations Will Debut Alongside Fall Creators Update

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WILLIE NUGS and CAPTAINCHARISMA, thanks. But I'm still surprised. I would have thought that from the OS's perspective, all that mattered is the number of physical and logical CPUs. Why does it make a difference to the OS how many sockets there are? I would have thought that the number of sockets was an issue for the motherboard manufacturer. But that from the OS's perspective, a physical CPU is a physical CPU is a physical CPU, regardless of the socket.

So now I'm curious, why does it make a difference to the OS how many sockets there are? Like, from an OS's perspective, what's the difference between (say) 4 sockets with 1 CPU per socket, versus 1 socket with a quad-core processor?

Because systems with multiple sockets cost more money and Microsoft wants to get in on the action. They know someone buying one of those systems who needs Windows won't have any choice but to shell out more money.