[TriLUG] AMD vs. Intel

[Matthew Lavigne]

Really?  I have only seen that basically anything that runs as a service looks
for 64 bit and then dies (namely Antivirus).  In my old shop (yes, it is not
mine anymore) we installed and ran everything as 32 bit with the exception of
antivirus.  In the course of 24 months we have never had a conflict where an
application acted badly other then trying to install again a 32 bit antivirus
on WinXP64.

A little more qualification would be nice rather then generalizations,
especially if you have some known bad applications.

Personally I have found very little that would force me to 64 bit 
Windows though
the workstation that I have (along with the 6GB of system memory) would 
drive me
to.  It is not difficult to use the /PAE switch or several others to push the
memory limits around (especially if you have Xeon CPUs).

This box isn't linux yet cause there is too much that I need to convert to a
vmware image before I move it over...

Matthew Lavigne
Preparing to move to NY....



Quoting Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net>:

> Winders has 64 bit versions.  I don't use them because too many apps are
> broken.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org
>> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Greg Brown
>> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:10 AM
>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] AMD vs. Intel
>>
>> You bring up an interesting point.  My neighbor just
>> purchased a new laptop
>> that has a 64 bit processor.   Can XPee Home even take
>> advantage of a 64 bit
>> processor?
>>
>> She's already fed up with the anti-virus she is using and has
>> already asked about Linux (after hearing me yap about it for
>> years now).  Hopefully she'll pull the trigger and I can
>> intall Ubuntu as a social expirement.  I'd really like to see
>> how well a seriously non-techincal person manages with Ubuntu.
>>
>> On 7/28/06, Kevin Flanagan <kevin at flanagannc.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > That would have to fall in the "that depends" category.
>> >
>> >
>> > What would you be doing with the system, for a laptop, I
>> see that HP
>> > now has a Turion 64Bit laptop, interesting if you could
>> take advantage
>> > of the processor.
>> >
>> > If you are using much CPU to Memory transfer intensive
>> applications,
>> > then AMD has the edge, otherwise I don't think that it
>> matters as much.
>> >
>> > What about the other stuff, that says more in many cases.
>> >
>> > What disks are available, SATA, or PATA, or SCSI?
>> > What Video subsystem suits your needs best?
>> > How much RAM can you get for the system in question?
>> >
>> >
>> > As usual, there's a lot more to the "best" answer,
>> generally I think
>> > that if you get a top tier system now it's likely enough for 95% or
>> > more of folks, unless you're just that kind of geek who
>> needs to spec
>> > out every last detail.
>> >
>> > Then there's cost.....
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Kevin
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Greg Brown wrote:
>> > > It was not long ago at all, just last year, that the prevailing
>> > > opinion of those on Trilug seemed to be that AMD was
>> leading the way
>> > > for chip
>> > design
>> > > for the foreseeable future.  With Intel's latest announcements,
>> > > along with the Core Duo, I was wondering what the
>> consensus opinion
>> > > was these days.
>> > >
>> > > If you were going to build a linux desktop or laptop what
>> processor
>> > would
>> > > you pick?  Intel, AMD, or something else?
>> > >
>> > > 3.... 2..... 1..... FIGHT!!
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