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Say after me....dual-core, sixty-four... It's the wave of the future. Soon, I will advise not to buy any high-end PC that is not 64-Bit capable. It will be like buying NT on the day XP was released. Are there (m)any - applications that leverage that power today? The answer is YES -- but they are currently running on UNIX-boxes. Remember, not so many years ago, PCs didn't run 32-bit applications, too. Check out these charts: http://www.zdnet.com.au/shared/images/products/intel_amd_vs8.gif http://www.passmark.com/cpureview/pics/cpuspeed_mmx_add6.gif http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/intel%20pentium%204%20570j_111304101117/5454.png David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:19 PM Subject: Re: using laptops for music > You must be referrinng to desktops, Kim, right?. I've seen some data as > well, comparing apples to apples (no pun intended) in mobile processor > technology, cache, performance, processor speed, etc...and Intel shows in > the lead. But AMD clearly has the lead in desktops. Also, regarding the > 64bit stuff...who the heck has 64bit apps to use that technology? Do you? > Not many > > Send me the articles that show that AMD is beating Intil in the mobile > processor space, showing the specs next to each other, etc. I am really > curious to see the data, not marketing or analyst fluff. > > Kris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:00 PM > Subject: Re: using laptops for music > > > > At 05:47 AM 10/26/2005, Kris Hartung wrote: > > > > > > > > Of course, if Apple really wants high performance they'll use AMD > CPUs. > > > > > >You are kidding, right? > > > > no, not at all. AMD has been leading Intel in CPU performance and features > > for the last couple years. Intel is not expected to even come close to > > catching up for at least another year. They completely dropped the ball in > > their R&D in the last few years. It's been analyzed to death in all the > > business papers, engineering technical journals, Microprocessor Report, > > hardware review sites, etc. Hard to miss that story. > > > > Look at any hardware review site. What are the top performance PCs? AMD > > 64bit cpu with Nvidia Nforce4 SLI chipsets. That's what all the gamers > use, > > and they are the most fanatical about performance. Right now, AMD wipes > the > > floor with Intel. And the results for AMD have been good. The business > > press just this week was reporting how AMD has had dramatic market >share > > gains against Intel. > > > > > Personally, I don't think they stand a chance to keep up with Intel > > >innovation and their current partnerships, such as (historically), the > > >Titantium Intel process that was developed in collaboration with HP >and > > >Intel for their UNIX boxes. > > > > Itanium is the correct name. That cpu is considered one of the biggest > > flops of the last decade. You didn't really mean that as a good example > did > > you? Most people call it the "Itanic". > > > > anyway, sorry to drag this further off topic. > > > > kim > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > > > > > >
