Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:09:03 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: amd64@freebsd.org Cc: jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Apple's Sr. HW VP's think they made the first 2P [commodity] desktop Message-ID: <20030719000903.GA85020@dragon.nuxi.com>
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OK, it's Friday so here is something to giggle about. It seems Apple's Sr. HW VP's need educating about the 64-bit competition -- maybe JKH can walk over with the clue-bat. :-) This is an interview with Apple and IBM reps, on the release of Apple's new dual workstation. The article is linked here, with just the AMD-related parts copied below. http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2003/06_jun/features/cw_macg5_interview.htm DMN: Now, you're saying it's the first 64-bit desktop machine. But isn't there an Opteron dual-processor machine? It shipped on June 4th. BOXX Technologies shipped it. It has an Opteron 244 in it. Rubinstein: Uh... Akrout: It's not a desktop. DMN: That's a desktop unit. Akrout: It depends on what you call a desktop, now. These... From a full desktop per se, this is the first one. I don't know how you really distinguish the other one as a desktop. DMN: Well, it's a dual processor desktop machine, just like that one. Akrout: It's not 64, then. DMN: Yes, it's a 64-bit machine with two Opteron chips in it. It started shipping June 4th. Akrout: That we'll double check, but in my mind, it wasn't. ...
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