[ale] OT: 64 bit laptops

[Chris Fowler]

I got a benchmark for you.  I call it the seti at home benchmark.

On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 00:54, Greg wrote:
> 64 bits only is better than 32 in some respects - high end
> graphics,modeling,multimedia, (perhaps mathematics) and huge databases.  I
> have a UltraSPARC-IIe (64-bit SPARCv9 processor) and it drags on Solaris, is
> ok on OpenBSD but the word from others is that they still get better mileage
> on 32 bit architectures.  Or as one person advised me "64-bit applications
> tend to be a tad bit slower than their 32-bit counterparts so even though
> I'm running a 64-bit SPARCv9 kernel, I still compile those apps as 32-bit
> programs using the Sun compilers and optimize the heck out of them."  As far
> as the reports about the new Macs - who knows.  So much crap has been done
> in the name of "benchmarks" that I am truly skeptical of just about
> everything - especially if comparing 2 different systems (each should be
> optimized by an expert in that system to really get a good comparison).
> 
> Greg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of James
> > P. Kinney III
> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:28 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] OT: 64 bit laptops
> >
> >
> > 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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