Yousuf Khan
01-05-2005, 04:35 PM
vinayvb2@hotmail.com wrote: My personal liking is for an AMD Athlon 64 based system but the lack of software and Windows support is a worrying factor. How does Athlon 64 and/or Athlon 64 FX based system compare with the latest Intel systems in the 32 bit environment?
You'll find that the whole idea of the Athlon 64-series is that it runs
the regular old 32-bit Windows with no changes, and it doesn't need a
special 64-bit version of Windows at all. That's why it's become so
popular compared to something like the Intel Itanium which cannot run
without its own specially-designed version of Windows.
When the 64-bit version of Windows that's specially designed for Athlon
64 comes out, it's likely to run much faster, and it can still continue
to run the old 32-bit programs that run under 32-bit Windows.
Yousuf Khan
You'll find that the whole idea of the Athlon 64-series is that it runs
the regular old 32-bit Windows with no changes, and it doesn't need a
special 64-bit version of Windows at all. That's why it's become so
popular compared to something like the Intel Itanium which cannot run
without its own specially-designed version of Windows.
When the 64-bit version of Windows that's specially designed for Athlon
64 comes out, it's likely to run much faster, and it can still continue
to run the old 32-bit programs that run under 32-bit Windows.
Yousuf Khan