Replies to post #17944 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Petz]

Didn't anybody notice that the Racksaver system is only using 1.8 GHz Opterons and PC2100 memory?.

OK, now I see HailMary and 1 or 2 others did notice that.

Petz

[Dan3]

Re: Opteron is currently in an excellent competitive position vs. Xeon, once 64 bit OS, database server and other apps should bring another significant boost.

Did you note this quote:

Jim Allchin, who runs Microsoft's Windows group, told me last winter that he was amazed at how much it improved the performance of many applications, even those that had not been rewritten for 64-bits.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,545432,00.html