Is there anyone really using athlon 64 **Right Now**

"oldcat" <oldyellowcat.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Hey, is there any one really using an Athlon 64 based machine
**RIGHT NOW**?
| I mean are you actually reading this news group on an Athlon 64 box
or have
| one right beside you?
|
| What OS are you using?
| 64bit Linux? --- what are the apps you use on daily basis?
| 64 bit XP beta? -- How does it feel?
|
| The reason to ask is I am seriously considering to order one for my
next
| upgrade, in less than 3 months, and I want to see some real world
user
| feeling.
|
| Don't throw me to bunch of review sites, please ... I have read
90% of
| them, if not all.
|
|

I'm on a dual Opteron with a Tyan motherboard. It's very nice!

I've got it running 32 bit Windows XP as well as 32 bit RedHat. I
have another RH install that has a 64 bit kernel and the rest of the
libraries are still 32 bit.

I tried several 64 bit Linux distros and found them all unstable or
incompatible with various apps (like Java) but my 32 bit RedHat with a
64 bit custom kernel is very fast and completely stable.

I do some Java development, use Eclipse for an IDE and play a decent
amount of Unreal Tournament. I've had no problems at all. I would
recommend this platform to anyone.
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Thanks a lot!
That's very useful.

"Jared Richardson" <jared-RMVricharTHSdson.TakeThisOut@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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 > "oldcat" <oldyellowcat.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
 > news:xYLkb.1917$CE2.1892373@news2.news.adelphia.net...
 > | Hey, is there any one really using an Athlon 64 based machine
 > **RIGHT NOW**?
 > | I mean are you actually reading this news group on an Athlon 64 box
 > or have
 > | one right beside you?
 > |
 > | What OS are you using?
 > | 64bit Linux? --- what are the apps you use on daily basis?
 > | 64 bit XP beta? -- How does it feel?
 > |
 > | The reason to ask is I am seriously considering to order one for my
 > next
 > | upgrade, in less than 3 months, and I want to see some real world
 > user
 > | feeling.
 > |
 > | Don't throw me to bunch of review sites, please ... I have read
 > 90% of
 > | them, if not all.
 > |
 > |
 >
 > I'm on a dual Opteron with a Tyan motherboard. It's very nice!
 >
 > I've got it running 32 bit Windows XP as well as 32 bit RedHat. I
 > have another RH install that has a 64 bit kernel and the rest of the
 > libraries are still 32 bit.
 >
 > I tried several 64 bit Linux distros and found them all unstable or
 > incompatible with various apps (like Java) but my 32 bit RedHat with a
 > 64 bit custom kernel is very fast and completely stable.
 >
 > I do some Java development, use Eclipse for an IDE and play a decent
 > amount of Unreal Tournament. I've had no problems at all. I would
 > recommend this platform to anyone.
 >
 >
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