On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But that's approximately 2**34 gigabytes, and the lowest
> price-per-gigabyte that I can find for RAM chips is about $20. So to
> max out a 64-bit memory space, you would need to spend around
>
> $343,597,383,680
A
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 07:14:43PM -0700, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
> The good news is that if you have a 64-bit processor, the
> amount of memory you can install is limited only by the amount your
> motherboard can recognize. Also, memory is super-cheap nowadays. So
Daniel Burrows wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:03:57PM -0600, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
[snipped -- please don't repeat long emails if you're just responding
to one part]
Also, recently, I discovered that a dual or quad CPU board only
provides load balancin
> (Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released in 64-bit compatible
> versions). This requires some workaround but is generally manageable;
> software that is not available in 64-bit versions will usually just be
> run in 32-bit compatibility mode.
This is true. Flash is not yet released in 64-bit co
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:03:57PM -0600, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
[snipped -- please don't repeat long emails if you're just responding
to one part]
> Also, recently, I discovered that a dual or quad CPU board only
> provides load balancing and not greater speed
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:13:29PM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> «(Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released in 64-bit compatible
> versions)»
browser plugins
>
> Huh? I'm using Java (Eclipse) and flash (mozilla) on 2.6.18-6-amd64...
>
> --
> Nuno Magalhães
--
"A dictatorship would be a heck of
So am I -- thought that was via a compatibility layer, though?
I know I'm running Adobe's flash player, which has not been released
in a 64-bit version, on my 64-bit box here...
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Nuno Magalhães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> «(Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released i
«(Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released in 64-bit compatible
versions)»
Huh? I'm using Java (Eclipse) and flash (mozilla) on 2.6.18-6-amd64...
--
Nuno Magalhães
On Monday 18 August 2008 23:03, Ted Hilts wrote:
> Jeff Soules wrote:
> > AMD is a chip manufacturer. They started out (~20 years ago) as a
> > "second source" for 286 processors, but since then they have been
> > producing independently-designed chips within the x86 architecture
> > (i.e. they us
Hi Ted,
Thanks for clarifying -- hopefully that'll give the wiser heads around
here a bit more of a lead on how to help you.
I've done a little bit of research into virtualization, but only just
scratching the surface, and nothing on the level that you're
describing--it sounds like you'll have a
Jeff Soules wrote:
AMD is a chip manufacturer. They started out (~20 years ago) as a
"second source" for 286 processors, but since then they have been
producing independently-designed chips within the x86 architecture
(i.e. they use the same instruction set).
(See:
AMD: http://en.wikipedia.org/
Kent West wrote:
Ted Hilts wrote:
Can someone enlighten me regarding my confusion with the term AMD.
1, I know that the term AMD (American Micro Devices) is supposed to be
a 'second source' for Intel 32bit and 64bit microprocessors.
You're incorrect. They're two totally different chip
AMD is a chip manufacturer. They started out (~20 years ago) as a
"second source" for 286 processors, but since then they have been
producing independently-designed chips within the x86 architecture
(i.e. they use the same instruction set).
(See:
AMD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD
x86 architec
Ted Hilts wrote:
> Can someone enlighten me regarding my confusion with the term AMD.
>
> 1, I know that the term AMD (American Micro Devices) is supposed to be
> a 'second source' for Intel 32bit and 64bit microprocessors.
You're incorrect. They're two totally different chips, which are mostly
co
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