Nichod at SetupTab.com showed these. I hadn't heard either of these unrelated, but very cool, topics -
http://gizmodo.com/5364650/amd-confirms-six+core-consumer-processors-codenamed-thuban
http://cairoshell.com/
Heat would be an issue. I don't know why two quad cores could not be used; transputing used to be the term.
I don't have trouble finding or using windows on Windows. But, it might be a nice utility.