info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us on Friday, April 08, 2005 at 1:31 PM -0600 wrote: >Has anyone been looking at purchasing systems based upon the new 64 bit >architecture?
Only servers. We got a dual Opteron to grind through the processing for Citrix securely over the web at 64 -bit. We put SuSE Linux on it, because SuSE and Red Hat were the first two OSs to capitalize on 64-bit. SuSE had a slightly newer kernel that also nearly doubled the speed of the previous one. I understand that the 64-bit update for Windows Server 2003 will be coming out shortly, but that for desktops we'll have to wait (longer) for Longhorn. I think you're on the right track to consider newer hardware. Putting XP on old hardware is sloooow as it is. If Longhorn's any bigger, oof! Steve Scarbrough Technology Coordinator Storm Lake Community School District 712.732.8100 fax:8101 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
