What applications are benefitted from Dual Processors

In considering G4 CPU upgrades, specifically what types of applications are most helped by dual processors vs. a single processor? Specifically with my Digital Audio, I run OS 10.4 (seldom do I do anything in classic), and do internet surfing, digital photo editing, and work in MS Office a lot. Would upgrading to a dual processor CPU be of much benefit and be worth up to 2X the cost of a single CPU?
Thanks, Steve

In all honesty you'd probably be better off getting the fastest single-processor upgrade you can(1.6-2GHz would be optimal).
In benchmark tests, my dual-processor Mystic is close to exactly as powerful with the dual 450MHz CPUs as it is with a single 1GHz 7455 upgrade; but the faster card is brilliant during single-tasking like watching complex Flash animations & playing games, whereas the dual machine simply maxes out one slow processor with these operations and leaves me with the other to slowly do a lot of other things at the same time.
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