Lennart Sorensen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > I just purchased a set of DVD's to install Debian Etch (4.0) on my > > system. I also got a Ubuntu Ver 6.06 AMD 64 DVD to see how a amd64 > > compared to the K7 I'm currently running. <--<snip>-->
> > > > Did I misunderstand somthing? I 'thought' I read that the Athlon > > was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? > > Athlon 64 chips are 64bit. Athlon's were not (That is Athlon, Athlon > XP, and such). Some Semprons are 64bit, some are not, depending on the > model. Opterons are all 64bit. > > Certainly an old 1GHz chip isn't 64bit. An Athlon IS a K7. An Athlon > 64 is a K8. 'If' I had read the anywhere I would not have goofed! I was sure that I read somewhere that 'All Athlon's were 64 bit. I should have asked here first. Thanks guys! Now I have an excuse to get a new system! This box is getting a bit weary anyway. Regards Wayne -- Documentation is the castor oil of programming. Managers know it must be good because the programmers hate it so much. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]