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From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Subject: Re: amd64 ?!
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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