Re: [Nolug] Why AMD64?

Even with the x86_64 SuSE 9.2 there are a few common things not ported yet,
not a biggie unless your are into flash games, etc..
All the majors: firefox, open office, etc are there.

To answer the question about significant, measurable improvement?

I have not run benchmarks of any kind, but I can say that I have not experienced
any dissatisfaction or found myself being impatient waiting for a program
to get on with it.

All in all I am happy with the box, but I would say it is not a necessity.

Paul

On Apr 4, 2005 1:02 PM, Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 11:14 -0500, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > Paul Taylor has an AMD64 box and seems happy with it. He's run the XP beta and
> > SuSE 9.2 on it so far, and might have some comment on the platform.
>
> But is Paul's happiness the happiness an early adopter feels from having
> the latest hardware at his fingertips?
>
> Or is Paul's happiness the result of seeing significant, measurable
> improvements in whatever application he's using?
>
> That's my real question.
>
> Mark.
>
>
>

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