problem installing fedora 2 x86-64 on a intel xeon 64 bits

James Wilkinson james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Mon Jul 12 12:11:36 UTC 2004


A while back (sorry - I've been on holiday), I wrote about Intel's new
AMD64-compatible 64 bit processors:

> Decoding Intel statements is often an artform.

Jeff Vian asked:
> So you are saying they are spinning it, masking the true capabilities? 
> Or are they spinning it, trying to say it does something it doesn't.  I
> am confused, and so I stick with AMD as a rock solid workhorse.

They're just not marketing all of it's capabilities. It's like
advertising an ADSL connection by merely advertising the download speed,
without mentioning the always-on capability that allows you to leave the
computer on all day and ssh in during lunch breaks to answer your
mail...

James.
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