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Date:      Wed, 28 May 2008 23:48:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        kalin m <kalin@el.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: amd64 ?!
Message-ID:  <20080528234739.W11689@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <483DC6FA.7020100@el.net>
References:  <483DC6FA.7020100@el.net>

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> so i'm a bit confused about the the 64 bit and why the machine is identifying 
> itself as amd64 and not i686?

because this intel CPU is 64-bit AMD compatible (x86-64 standard).
the rules changed and now intel make AMD-compatible CPUs



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