On 2002.11.30 Robert Fox wrote: >On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 22:05, Brent Hasty wrote: >> On Wednesday 27 November 2002 12:06 pm, Bruno Thomsen wrote: >> > On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 13:40, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote: >> > > On 25 Nov 2002, Robert Fox wrote: >> > > > Anyone try Mandrake Cooker with an Intel 3.06 with Hyper Threading? >> > > > Any tests with the AMD Athelon 64 (formerly known as Clawhammer)? >> > > >> > > No, no. >> > > >> > > > I'm in the market for a new machine and not sure if I should wait for >> > > > the Athelon 64 (next three months) >> > > >> > > Athlon 64 are to be released in first half of 2003. I am personally >> > > waiting for it. ;-) >> > > >> > > Bye, >> > > Gwenole. >> > >> > Whats the price tag on a 64bit amd processor? >> > >> > Bruno. >> you could get dual 64 bit processors now in a Mac G4 system, as far as >> processing power it stomps its x86 counterparts. > >Since when are G4 processors 64 bit? They are RISC based, but I believe >they are only 32 bit. They have a 128bit internal bus though . . . > >Still nice hardware . . . >
You still can not get 64 bit on a mac. Actual boxes are dual-processor 32bit. There are rumours that Apple will switch from Motorola's PPCs to IBM ones, and put a G5 (64 bit) on desktop boxes). -- J.A. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Software is like sex: werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.4.20-jam0 (gcc 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2-4mdk))
