
April 11th, 2003, 03:01 AM
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Re: OT: computers
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Originally posted by Dawn Falcon:
Wardad, given the speed of evoloution of chipsets and memories these days, don't worry about what happens 2-2 1/2 years down the line when you want an upgrade.
You WILL need a whole new CPU/Motherboard/Memory anyway.
And AMD have their 64-bit chips to use in the mainstream market, Intel don't. And Intel are continuing to lose market share over here.
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Word on the upgrade! Six months was the limit untill things slowed late Last year. Now we are
set for a new surge starting next week.
But the 64 bit home CPU is still in doubt. The home Version will be locked at 32bit. And it will
be much later in on the shelves than the server chips. Also, the price of the AMD 64 bit
windows is going to be a real shocker when people get around to that. I hear that Linux has
been ported the AMD64, but that will not be the same as a $150 64 bit Version of Win XP.
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