On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But that's approximately 2**34 gigabytes, and the lowest
> price-per-gigabyte that I can find for RAM chips is about $20. So to
> max out a 64-bit memory space, you would need to spend around
>
> $343,597,383,680
A
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 07:14:43PM -0700, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
> The good news is that if you have a 64-bit processor, the
> amount of memory you can install is limited only by the amount your
> motherboard can recognize. Also, memory is super-cheap nowadays. So
Daniel Burrows wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:03:57PM -0600, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
[snipped -- please don't repeat long emails if you're just responding
to one part]
Also, recently, I discovered that a dual or quad CPU board only
provides load balancin
> (Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released in 64-bit compatible
> versions). This requires some workaround but is generally manageable;
> software that is not available in 64-bit versions will usually just be
> run in 32-bit compatibility mode.
This is true. Flash is not yet released in 64-bit co
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:03:57PM -0600, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
[snipped -- please don't repeat long emails if you're just responding
to one part]
> Also, recently, I discovered that a dual or quad CPU board only
> provides load balancing and not greater speed
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:13:29PM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> «(Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released in 64-bit compatible
> versions)»
browser plugins
>
> Huh? I'm using Java (Eclipse) and flash (mozilla) on 2.6.18-6-amd64...
>
> --
> Nuno Magalhães
--
"A dictatorship would be a heck of
So am I -- thought that was via a compatibility layer, though?
I know I'm running Adobe's flash player, which has not been released
in a 64-bit version, on my 64-bit box here...
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Nuno Magalhães <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> «(Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released i
«(Java, Flash, etc. are not yet released in 64-bit compatible
versions)»
Huh? I'm using Java (Eclipse) and flash (mozilla) on 2.6.18-6-amd64...
--
Nuno Magalhães
On Monday 18 August 2008 23:03, Ted Hilts wrote:
> Jeff Soules wrote:
> > AMD is a chip manufacturer. They started out (~20 years ago) as a
> > "second source" for 286 processors, but since then they have been
> > producing independently-designed chips within the x86 architecture
> > (i.e. they us
Hi Ted,
Thanks for clarifying -- hopefully that'll give the wiser heads around
here a bit more of a lead on how to help you.
I've done a little bit of research into virtualization, but only just
scratching the surface, and nothing on the level that you're
describing--it sounds like you'll have a
Jeff Soules wrote:
AMD is a chip manufacturer. They started out (~20 years ago) as a
"second source" for 286 processors, but since then they have been
producing independently-designed chips within the x86 architecture
(i.e. they use the same instruction set).
(See:
AMD: http://en.wikipedia.org/
Kent West wrote:
Ted Hilts wrote:
Can someone enlighten me regarding my confusion with the term AMD.
1, I know that the term AMD (American Micro Devices) is supposed to be
a 'second source' for Intel 32bit and 64bit microprocessors.
You're incorrect. They're two totally different chip
AMD is a chip manufacturer. They started out (~20 years ago) as a
"second source" for 286 processors, but since then they have been
producing independently-designed chips within the x86 architecture
(i.e. they use the same instruction set).
(See:
AMD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD
x86 architec
Ted Hilts wrote:
> Can someone enlighten me regarding my confusion with the term AMD.
>
> 1, I know that the term AMD (American Micro Devices) is supposed to be
> a 'second source' for Intel 32bit and 64bit microprocessors.
You're incorrect. They're two totally different chips, which are mostly
co
Can someone enlighten me regarding my confusion with the term AMD.
1, I know that the term AMD (American Micro Devices) is supposed to be a
'second source' for Intel 32bit and 64bit microprocessors. But it seems
based on what I have read on this relationship between AMD and Intel
that there i
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