On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 03:03:18PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 05:42:30AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 06:55:39PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote: > > > It gives the information -- but not in a dumbed-down enough format for > > > me. For example, nowhere on that page is the word "Xeon" mentioned, > > > so if I bought a Xeon computer, for example, I wouldn't know from that > > > page alone to install AMD64. > > > > And that's a good thing, since the one has little to do with the other. > I can possibly see why the comment above was made: though I don't agree with flamewars :)
Intel marketing hasn't helped Intel or the market here :) 386/486/Pentium we could understand. AMD pushed 64 bit to market: Intel pushed slightly later. They then produced, in turn, 64 bit capable Xeons and 64 bit capable Pentium D's. [EM64T is the magic bit here] I ordered several AMD 64 bit workstations for work the other day, a dual Xeon and a Pentium (for code that has to be _Intel_ compatible and for code that has to be _Intel_ compatible and 32 bit) only to be told by the vendor "Oh no, we don't stock 32 bit any more - all our stuff is 64 bit capable now" "Xeon" up till a fairly short while ago was 32 bit, as was "Pentium" :now it's 64 bit (but that re-use of established brand names for two different processor families doesn't tell anybody that "EM64T" is pretty much equal to "capable of running AMD64 code natively in 64 bit mode" :) ) So "Xeon" alone says nothing and, in fact, to the uneducated eye, might be taken at face value as 32 bit hence, potentially, "the one has little to do with the other". > How is this comment of use to anyone? You need to get off your high-horse > Mark. I don't think i have ever seen a usefull > comment from you on any subject. > Please try and be civil on-list: if you must get exasperated or annoyed try and keep flamage off list because it provokes longer and longer replies :) Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
