On the 32 v 64 bit thing, since x86-64 is an extension of the x86 architecture, you don't pay a performance penalty for running 32-bit apps, because they are running natively on the system. Intel Itanium 64-it, which is not backwards compatible with x86, requires an emulator to run 32 bit apps and is very slow.
The big difference for native 64-bit apps for AMD will be the ability to address more than 4 GB of RAM. I've been trying to find out details of any other major advantages, but I haven't seen any yet.
>Really? I heard it was pretty lame.
>
>And for most tasks it was actually slower than the 32 Bit windows, at
>least for benchmarks.
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>Apparently no one will realise the true benefits of it until the Apps
>that run on the OS are rewritten.
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>Do you truly see any difference?
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>-Gel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>woot i'm running xp pro 64bit righ tnow its so sexy
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