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Old 11-28-2003, 08:52 PM   #1
Tomasfuego
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"I got the AMD 64 Blues..."


I have a AMD64 here and bought Suse 9.0 for AMD64 and did not enjoy it too much (this is my first time to use Suse after using RH since 7.0) .....

Why should I have even bothered buying an optimized for 64 Suse over installing a plane jane Fedora? If Windows doesnt need to be optimized for AMD 64, then why must Linux, or is this just a marketing ploy?
 
Old 11-28-2003, 09:01 PM   #2
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Well, you don't 'have' to. You will see a speed difference regardless. But, in order to reap the real benefits you'll need an OS that can run 64bit style That will get you halfway there anyway. Won't be 100% until there are apps optimized for 64bit. The cool thing about Linux is, it CAN be optimized for 64bit, while still remaining 32bit compatible. Windows -at this time and in the the forseeable future- cannot.

I am holding off till the middle of next year to start building my 64bit system. By that time, the FX51 chips (the only way to go IMHO) will become more affordable and Linux will be much further along with support for it. I want to feel that 2.2ghz FSB!!!
 
  


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