64 bit AMD pro's and con's ?

Bitstring <MPG.1b6af7445b000c509896af.TakeThisOut@news.individual.net>, from the
wonderful person Keith R. Williams <krw.TakeThisOut@att.bizzzz> said
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 >That's what I first thought, but I think GSV nailed it. I didn't load
 >Win2K onto the ThinkPad and it is indeed formatted FAT32. I did load
 >Win on my home K6 system and of course selected NTFS. No problem at
 >home. Apparently FAT32 does suck from the bilge.

No, it works fine as long as nothing goes wrong. When something does go
wrong (power off before the disk has flushed its cache to the rotating
media, for instance) FAT32 needs a lot of cleaning up. Under the same
circumstances (which should, of course, never happen. 8>.) NTFS just
picks the pieces up from its log files and motors on.

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 >> Stay informed about: 64 bit AMD pro's and con's ? 

Steve H. <steve2470.TakeThisOut@mailblocks.com> wrote:
 > Thanks to all of you for your time. My computer repair business friend
 > is right at least 50% of the time, but sometimes he tells me things
 > that I have trouble accepting. I'm not in IT, so I have no clue. I'm
 > just a newbie who's learning.

Sometimes people just have superstitions, even people who should know
better.

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 >> Stay informed about: 64 bit AMD pro's and con's ? 

"Steve H." <steve2470 RemoveThis @mailblocks.com> wrote in message
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 > "steve h." <ugandasteve2470 RemoveThis @ugandayahoo.com> wrote in message
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  > > Hi,
  > > TIA for your informative replies. My friend has advised me not to
  > > purchase an AMD 64-bit processor at this time, citing concerns with
  > > severe software incompatibility except for MS Server 2003 and Linux 64
  > > bit OS'es. What are your experiences ?
  > > Steve
 >
 > Thanks to all of you for your time. My computer repair business friend...

This guy is in the computer business? Please, ask him to get out.

 > ... is right at least 50% of the time,

So, you'd get similar quality advice from flipping a coin then.

 > but sometimes he tells me things
 > that I have trouble accepting. I'm not in IT, so I have no clue.

And apparently neither does he.

 > I'm
 > just a newbie who's learning.

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 >> Stay informed about: 64 bit AMD pro's and con's ? 

"Oxford Systems" <oxfordenterprises.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

 >"Steve H." <steve2470.TakeThisOut@mailblocks.com> wrote in message
 >news:17fb71a2.0407230620.1222fb36@posting.google.com...
  >> "steve h." <ugandasteve2470.TakeThisOut@ugandayahoo.com> wrote in message
 >news:<opsbgqrdvlo5tenp.TakeThisOut@steve267.cfl.rr.com>...
   >> > Hi,
   >> > TIA for your informative replies. My friend has advised me not to
   >> > purchase an AMD 64-bit processor at this time, citing concerns with
   >> > severe software incompatibility except for MS Server 2003 and Linux 64
   >> > bit OS'es. What are your experiences ?
   >> > Steve
  >>
  >> Thanks to all of you for your time. My computer repair business friend...
 >
 >This guy is in the computer business? Please, ask him to get out.
 >
  >> ... is right at least 50% of the time,
 >
 >So, you'd get similar quality advice from flipping a coin then.
 >
  >> but sometimes he tells me things
  >> that I have trouble accepting. I'm not in IT, so I have no clue.
 >
 >And apparently neither does he.
 >
  >> I'm
  >> just a newbie who's learning.
 >
 >Send your friend a copy of this thread. He has a lot to learn hisownself.

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 >> Stay informed about: 64 bit AMD pro's and con's ?