[ale] OT: 64 bit laptops

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Nov 6 22:30:19 EST 2003


I've seen hints of an AMD64 laptop but I have yet to see one. It would
be pretty cool to have one. But I bet it would need a long power cord!
My Opteron system is rather warm and each cpu has a LARGE heat sink and
fan.

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:14, Stephen Turner wrote:
> hey anyone played with the amd 64bit cpus? are they really faster than
> mac? i was reading up on some reports saying mac has been lying about the
> speed (no surprise) but now it seems amd64 is 50% faster when no trix or
> lies cloud the reports.. or is this a lie as well? i was thinking about a
> 64bit laptop but was unsure which would be best to get and since im using
> linux on it >:) figured id ask the pros :-p so whats your opinions?
> 
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