intel core 2 duo

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 18:23:28 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 11:46 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:
> Tony Nelson wrote:
> > 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?
> >   
> Documentation is plentiful, but 'proof' does not exist for anything in 
> this world.  Lets just call it documentation.
> 

Wow! That was extremely well researched and written. Great job. Thank
you very much for taking the time, Ric

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