A while back (sorry - I've been on holiday), I wrote about Intel's new
AMD64-compatible 64 bit processors:
> Decoding Intel statements is often an artform.
Jeff Vian asked:
> So you are saying they are spinning it, masking the true capabilities?
> Or are they spinning it, trying to say it does something it doesn't. I
> am confused, and so I stick with AMD as a rock solid workhorse.
They're just not marketing all of it's capabilities. It's like
advertising an ADSL connection by merely advertising the download speed,
without mentioning the always-on capability that allows you to leave the
computer on all day and ssh in during lunch breaks to answer your
mail...
James.
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| at one with a 3c905B ethernet card."
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