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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, Ade Lovett wrote:
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>
> Perhaps a more pertinent question is why y'all shelled out the extra cash for 
> an amd64 chip as opposed to a 32-bit processor.
>
> What benefits were you expecting?
>

I do not really expect too much from modern PC-hardware nowadys :-(
For me it's just interest in the amd64 architecture as an alternative
to intel...

Bye/2
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