intel core 2 duo

Tony Nelson tonynelson at georgeanelson.com
Fri Sep 29 14:16:53 UTC 2006


At 9:47 PM -0600 9/28/06, Phil Meyer wrote:
>Louis Garcia wrote:
>> Just got my hands on a laptop with this chip. Any difference installing
>> i386 or x86_64 version of fedora? I've heard fedora had a problem with
>> this new chip?
>>
>> -Louis
>>
>>
>There is NO advantage installing a 64 bit OS on a 32 bit CPU that has
>extended features to EMULATE AMD 64 bit instructions. ...

Proof?  Examples?  Documentation that the Intel Core 2 Duo does not have 64
bit ALUs and data paths?
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