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Is Prescott 64-bit?

Posted by timothy on from the bits-o-plenty dept.

unassimilatible writes "According to The Inquirer, Intel's new Prescott has 64 bit instructions lurking inside. Could really rain on the parade of those who thought the new Athlon 64's would be supreme - especially when you look at Intel's price roadmap. Don't run out and buy an Athlon 64 just yet..."

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  1. Re:Microsoft prices its operating systems per CPU by yerricde · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Assuming there's a way to detect how many simultaneous bundles an IA-64 CPU can handle, I see Microsoft preferring to charge different amounts for an OS that can support a different level processor.

    And watch people stick a new processor in the motherboard and find that Windows now refuses to boot unless the user enters a credit card number.

    Once multithreading trickles down to even the entry-level processors, how will PC vendors be able to afford the Windows licenses for PCs sold to home users?

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