[wellylug] windozes 64bit woes:

[Enkidu]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:56:00 +1300, you wrote:

>
>> Also, the 64bit CPUs are, at this stage at least, more suited to server
>> applications.  The price alone - $682.44 including GST for a 1.8ghz
>> Opteron, as opposed to $205 for a 1.8ghz Athlon XP 2500+ - can attest to
>> this.
>> 
>> There is, at this stage, no point in paying an extra $450 for a CPU for
>> a desktop computer.  Something like a database server, on the other hand,
>> could certainly make use of the true benefits of a 64bit CPU.  Server
>> software like this is certain to be released in 32 and 64bit builds long
>> before any desktop software is considered.
>
>Thats the even stranger part,  AMD64 versions of Server 2003 aren't
>expected to be out until mid 2004.  I would have thought server 2003
>would have been the more important platform to go 64 bit on.
>
But not many people play games on a server....

Cheers,

Cliff
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