At 11:46 AM -0600 9/29/06, Phil Meyer wrote: >Tony Nelson wrote: >> At 9:47 PM -0600 9/28/06, Phil Meyer wrote: >> >>> Louis Garcia wrote: >>> >>>> Just got my hands on a laptop with this chip. Any difference installing >>>> i386 or x86_64 version of fedora? I've heard fedora had a problem with >>>> this new chip? >>>> >>>> -Louis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> There is NO advantage installing a 64 bit OS on a 32 bit CPU that has >>> extended features to EMULATE AMD 64 bit instructions. ... >>> >> >> Proof? Examples? Documentation that the Intel Core 2 Duo does not have 64 >> bit ALUs and data paths? >> >Documentation is plentiful, but 'proof' does not exist for anything in >this world. Lets just call it documentation. ... What balderdash. Prove it or shut up. Show that 64 bit performance of the Intel Core 2 Duo is half that of 32 bit performance or stop spreading FUD. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
