From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Fri Feb 06 2004 - 19:57:34 PST
On Feb 6, 2004, at 5:38 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
> uh...no....
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112749,pg,7,00.asp
> I'm looking seriously at a dual athlon 64...this thing
> will blow the doors off of a dual g5 at half the
> price...
It only has one door, and it's not getting blown anywhere.
> The advantage of the Athlon chip is that it will
> accelerate 32 bit programs as well as 64 bit
> programs...it is a dual function chip meaning that you
> don't need to have 64 bit apps to see it
> shine...unlike other 64bit processors..
You mean unlike other crappy x86 processors.
marty
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