64 bits CPU

[Uno]

Should we up grade our computer to 64 bits CPU now?

 

[petrus bitbyter]

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I would wait a while. There is no real support, other than some
specialized
software's that have been written for the 64 bit format. It would be best
to
wait until the 64 bit format is the main standard for PC machines.

I believe that AMD were the first ones to have a 64 bit system.

Wrong, DEC had. The Alpha was the very best in its time though its marketing
was poor. As there has been no new developments since Compaq bought DEC, AMD
will overtake soon.

petrus bitbyter

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Should we up grade our computer to 64 bits CPU now?

 

[Ruediger]

Phewww!

I thought our university is backward

We have here a ton of 64-Bit computers, and they are running a wide array of
OS'es, Linux, several BSD's and Solaris. It's two or three DEC's with
Linux, but a pile of almost 100 workstations with SPARC CPU's running
Solaris.

Outside the Windows/Intel World the 64-Bit systems are well established.

When you rely upon Windows, well, forget about 64Bit and take a P4 with
hyperthreading, when you need reliability, horsepower or 64Bit because of
hardware aspects ( 64GB Ram on our mainframe with no switching; 8 Sparc3e
with 8GB per CPU... just to mention... makes databases fly and and
fileserving comes more often out of cache than from the harddisks ), go for
it.
I have a system with four 800MHz 64Bit-CPU's... it emulates an entire PC so
well that I can play Americas Army smoothly without slowing down the rest
of the system noticeably.

64Bit is Fun =)

(There is a beer in Germany nicknamed "Bit" , Bitburger Pils-Beer....
And there is a joke at my university: no wonder our 64-Bit Systems seem to
fly... with 64 Bit I would also feel like flying! )


Jerry G. wrote:

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I would wait a while. There is no real support, other than some
specialized software's that have been written for the 64 bit format. It
would be best to wait until the 64 bit format is the main standard for PC
machines.

I believe that AMD were the first ones to have a 64 bit system.

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Rüdiger