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Subject: Re: Where is now 64 bits Intel's computer?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:30:25 05/18/02

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On May 18, 2002 at 08:24:51, leonid wrote:

>On May 18, 2002 at 00:09:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On May 17, 2002 at 16:19:42, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On May 17, 2002 at 15:18:40, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>[snip]
>>>>A machine price range $20000 for just 2 processor 1.2Ghz (where > 1.6Ghz
>>>>is the standard now) is just too expensive.
>>>
>>>AMD's sledgehammer will force down the price point.
>>>
>>>People who are buying those machines are people with huge database systems that
>>>a 32 bit chip cannot address.  At some point there will be a consumer 64 bit
>>>chip.  If not by Intel then by AMD.  And if not by AMD then someone else.
>>
>>
>>They are already available.  We just bought a bunch of new Sun 64 bit
>>workstations for under $2,500 each...
>
>And what do hinder Sun's sale? Just different system that nobody knows and not
>used to, or something else?


Nothing is hindering their sales.  They are selling a bunch.  But they don't
run PC software...  That is the biggest problem with Sun...



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