[mdlug] opensuse 64 bit vrs 32 bit advantages speed etc.

[Dan Pritts]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 12:24:23PM -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > Any 64-bit intel CPU you'd buy in a "PC" would qualify.  You'd have
> > to go way out of your way and pay a lot more money to buy an Itanium.

> But which of those are capable of booting up to a
> 64-bit operating system and then running 32-bit
> code? -- it's NOT a trivial thing -- we had 64-bit
> CPUs for over a decade before AMD developed one
> that could accomplish this feat.

All of them.

danno
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