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I am thinking about switching my OS to x64.. but the support doesn't quite seem to be there yet(hardware or software wise)

So I thought I would collect a little data..

What is the best CPU you have in any computer(optionally a post saying how many computers you have and how many are 64 bit.)

I have a Penitium II box and a Core 2 Duo box that supports x86-64, but I run 32-bit vista on it.

Hardware support for x64 has been around for Donkey's years.

I have (in my house) 2x x86-64 machines and 2x x86 machines (one of them being a server). BUT I also have a couple of Z80s, a 65816, a 6502, and a MIPS processor in game consoles, as well as any number of other embedded processors in things like washing machines and microwaves. Please everybody, don't think inside the square. x86(-64) is not the only architecture.

I have a few x86 (P3/4) machines kicking around and 2 x64 machines. The "best" machine I have is my dual quad-core Xeon 54xx machine with 8 gigs of memory. I also have an old Mac laptop (running OS9) and an old "designed for Windows95" laptop as well.

And of course, let's not forget my microwave, washer/dryer, blender, and air conditioner.

Missing the "several" option as well
Athlon64 + Athlon64X2 + Pentium Dual Core for my 64-bit boxes (and add a stockpile of 32 bit boxes which I use for OS testing)

My main machine is a Core (sic!) Duo laptop, i.e. Core architecture, but still only 32 bit. Saved me some headaches back then as x86-64 support in Linux wasn't quite "there" yet. Then there's a Celeron laptop for my wife and an Amiga A600 waiting for the second coming in the basement.

I don't expect system upgrades any time soon; for me, the point of "good enough" has been reached.

I think x86-64 is quite mainstream these days. Just look what kind of computers are being marketed, it's just a pity that they bundle it with 32-bit variant of XP , you have to install another OS to make use of it...

We're talking Windows, here. You have to install another OS in order to use it anyway.

Hi,

earlz wrote:What is the best CPU you have in any computer(optionally a post saying how many computers you have and how many are 64 bit.)

The best CPU I've got is probably an AMD Phenom II X4, but I'm not too sure how well it compares to my Intel Core 2 Quad. I prefer the Core 2 Quad because that computer has 8 GiB (the Phenom has 4 GiB, but runs 32-bit Vista, which is only capable of touching about 2.5 GiB of it).

For 64-bit 80x86 computers:

• AMD Phenom II X4 (quad-core)
• Intel Core 2 Quad (quad-core)
• AMD Opteron (2 dual-core chips)
• Intel Pentium 4
• Intel Atom 330 (dual-core, hyperthreading)

For 32-bit 80x86:

• Intel Xeon (2 single-core chips, hyperthreading)
• Intel Pentium III (2 single-core chips)
• Intel Pentium II
• Intel Pentium Pro (2 single-core chips)
• Intel Pentium Pro
• Intel Pentium
• Intel Pentium
• Intel 80486
• AMD Athlon
• AMD K6-2/300
• AMD Am5x86-P75-S
• Cyrix 6x86-P150+
• Cyrix 6x86-PR166+
• Cyrix 6x86MX-200
• VIA C3
• VIA Eden ESP
• NSC Geode GX2
• NSC Geode GX1
• SiS Vortex A9100 (80486SX compatible CPU, runs at 366 MHz)
• Transmeta TM5800

Notes: Most of these computers don't have hard drives, etc. Six of them are thin clients (no floppy, no CD, and small flash drives if you're lucky). The Intel 80486 is the only one that won't boot from network (it doesn't have CD either). Only 4 computers have OSs installed (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD) and only 3 of them are used for more than OS testing. I only count computers that are setup and connected to my KVMs - there's a few others around here, but they're mostly broken or dodgy or missing too many parts (and don't have anything interesting that make them worthwhile for OS testing).

For other architectures, there's an old Playstation and an even older Commodore 64 here somewhere. I don't have anything else (except "sealed box" devices/appliances where it doesn't matter what the CPU is).


Cheers,

Brendan

I have several Macs that my family uses, a PS1, a TI-83+, and my main computer's an x86. I have a couple more x86 computers at another house, but I don't use them very often.

I've got 2 x86_64 boxes, my Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (main box) and an Intel Atom 330. The rest of my boxes are 32-bit - 3 Pentium 3's (one is a dual P3 server) and an Athlon XP 2100+. Used to have a dual Pentium 2 and a Pentium, but both died recently.

Well I didn't say what I had..

I have (from latest acquired)
A netbook with Atom Processor(hyperthreading 1.6ghz or 800mhz depending on powersave mode) (sad it doesn't have 64bit support)
An AMD64 dual-core cpu. (don't remember what kind, damn fast though)
A Celeron 2.4ghz x86 processor.. rather old, from like 2002
Another Celeron x86 processor, 1.3ghz; Very slow, with even slower PC133 ram

Oh, and a TI-83+ that the school has loaned me for another month til I graduate.. though I hate the Z80 architecture.

earlz wrote:Another Celeron x86 processor, 1.3ghz; Very slow, with even slower PC133 ram

You young'uns don't know about slow. When I was young, we had 486s running at 33MHz! And that was fast. 8MB of RAM was enough to run *anything*.

My router was a P133 for the longest time, also had a 486 DX2 (66MHz) as my primary workstation for awhile.

As JackScott said, young people are spoilt rotten.. I definately wouldn't turn down a 1.3GHz Celeron system.

I definately wouldn't turn down a 1.3GHz Celeron system.

I want my old Pentium 90 MHz back... Unfortunately it no longer works