Re: AMD64 box

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:01:46PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
:>     The alpha and Itanium non-withstanding, the AMD64 is the first 'consumer'
:>     64 bit machine in mass production.  I am already impressed!
:
:if the alpha and itanium are 'consumer' processors then you mite as well put the
:mips, sparc64, and power4's in their too. and i think you are forgeting the
:ppc 970 ( G5 ), which shiped in 'mass' befor the AMD64.

    True, the PPC counts as a consumer cpu.  Not the mips or sparc, though.
    Even the PPC is just barely in the consumer category because it is priced
    like a server and distribution channels are limited.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>