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Subject: Re: Opteron vs. XP

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 02:46:11 07/02/03

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On July 01, 2003 at 21:59:32, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On July 01, 2003 at 06:28:34, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>>People are not really interested in how this thing does on old apps, in 1 year
>>the software cycle has replaced everything with native 64 bit code anyway, what
>>is interesting is the leap from 32 to 64 bit, this is what the Opteron is all
>>about.
>>You can just about toss those crappy 32 bit compilers in the bin now, you won't
>>be needing them much longer :)
>
>Were you screaming the same thing about the change from 16 to 32 bit when the
>386 was released?  How long did it take for all programs to become 32 bit after
>that?  I'll give you a hint - there are still a lot of 16-bit programs being run
>today.

Perhaps, but nobody cares about their speed.

-S.



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