Yes, it will be a little while before there are enough optimized (re-compiled?) applications available to justify the initial cost of switching to Opteron or Athlon64 (even though AMD claims they will be priced similar to their current top of the line processors).
The best part is that the release of the Athlon64 should be a way to get one of the new Barton based Athlons for cheap. So, as much as I enjoy living at the bleeding edge, I am going to wait. By the time I am ready to buy an Athlon64 there should be some games that take advantage of it, and AMD and Microslop should have gotten the bugs out.
"I'd like to point out the job title "software engineer". They don't just hand that to anybody."
Sure they do. It is a job title, a company can call someone whatever they want (at least internally). I work with two "software engineers" that have no formal computer science/programming education, and only one of them even has a college degree.
I went to an ABET accredited Engineering School (UNCC - Go Niners!), I passed the exam and now I am an EIT (Engineer in Training), and a member of the National Soceity of Professional Engineers. There were hoops that I had to go through, and I feel that anyone else that wants to call themselves an engineer needs to go through similar trials.
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What kind of "American" uses the term "motorbike"? Sounds like a plant from a Canadian or some pro-EU crazy.
They are called motorcycles.
"28 days of holiday", sorry that is called vacation in "America".
If you are going to post as if you a transplanted US IT worker, at least get the vernacular right.
The best part is that the release of the Athlon64 should be a way to get one of the new Barton based Athlons for cheap. So, as much as I enjoy living at the bleeding edge, I am going to wait. By the time I am ready to buy an Athlon64 there should be some games that take advantage of it, and AMD and Microslop should have gotten the bugs out.
Sure they do. It is a job title, a company can call someone whatever they want (at least internally). I work with two "software engineers" that have no formal computer science/programming education, and only one of them even has a college degree.
I went to an ABET accredited Engineering School (UNCC - Go Niners!), I passed the exam and now I am an EIT (Engineer in Training), and a member of the National Soceity of Professional Engineers. There were hoops that I had to go through, and I feel that anyone else that wants to call themselves an engineer needs to go through similar trials.