On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Preston Crawford wrote:
shorter execution pipeline, etc. So I think it's a good investment. Unfortunately, I don't think software has caught up yet to where using it for desktop stuff provides a significant advantage.
Using the 64 bit version, I mean. I think the Athlon 64 is definitely worth it. I'm just not sure if I'd run a 64-bit Linux distro on it yet. You still get huge advantages running a 32-bit distro on it.
Preston