From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FOkUK-0008T2-8G for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:54:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2TNrN5d029952; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:53:23 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.206]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2TNnDSD030411 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:49:14 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o37so319608nzf for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:49:13 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NkJFu7wRGx/VTEikhyqCz/fSlX5QFDcpUeR1D4zRPaHdf8V+trHpbrmnfYVGlZ0gbvD7FzKkEHTnWc/oiRsUS0Q6ouuU+9Q9UgJwaF9kXnnPlRzxSZeIQD4IEL4znM+Y1xpFSa9NFzKJQqWNcg33djcyU+8JMZwtPhoKVtoaEnY= Received: by 10.36.67.20 with SMTP id p20mr879957nza; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:49:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.154.3 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:49:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:49:13 -0800 From: "Lord Sauron" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Core Duo Processor - Anyone? In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <1143616641.29453.15.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <7573e9640603282355t7ab5a526tfd619e0c9c45a03@mail.gmail.com> <1143646905.21205.31.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <7573e9640603290845h3bedb131m209cc6323aee5848@mail.gmail.com> <442B0C32.3090609@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k2TNnDSD030411 X-Archives-Salt: d51d2994-944e-40b7-9c73-e9abeff19cf4 X-Archives-Hash: 3accc2a39949e2851136fba1eb2c30aa On 3/29/06, michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote: > Always interesting discussions on this list. > > I have two questions for everyone (not just the person I'm responding > to): > > How soon do you think we'll see laptops with the Dual Core Turion64? AMD says the release will be within 4 months or so. I'd expect it within 5-6 months, to see them in enough places to really call them "avaliable." > Elsewhere (perhaps on this list on a different topic) someone > recommended not buying anything except for 64 bits (either AMD or Intel) > from now on. Do you agree, in particular regarding laptops? Not entirely. Having a 64-bit machine does give some major bonuses. Reliable sources (guys I know who do a lot of benchmarking) tell me that a 64-bit chip will perform ~10% faster than a non-64-bit chip. However, 64-bit chips in laptops aren't that common yet. If you're like me, you'll buy a 32-bit laptop just because it's cheaper. However, if you do stuff that would make a 64-bit chip necessary (MatLab, for instance, runs *much* faster in a 64-bit enviornent) then by all means shell out the extra money and get it. I evangalise the greatness of AMD64 technology a lot, but I will NOT tell you to waste your money. If you don't need the speed, DON'T BUY IT! Free enterprise is based on the idea that consumers will buy the best product or the product they need. Buy what you need. If you need a 17" screen, buy it. If you (like me) can't live without ultra-portability, buy it. If you can't live without either... flip a coin : ) -- ========== GCv3.12 ========== GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+ L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+ V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+ DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y ========= END GCv3.12 ======== -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list