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Subject: Dual Opteron Server with -STABLE ... 
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Is there a current opinion on this?  I heard that costs have come down to
'close to dual xeon' prices, but is it safe to run -STABLE on it?  Other
then memory allocation above 4g, are we seeing any benefits right now with
running this?  Or are we dealin with 'running 32 bit apps on a 64 bit
arch' still?