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Date:      Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:27:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Large memory issues on 4-STABLE 
Message-ID:  <20030929092701.K52567@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030926205311.CD2995D04@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20030926205311.CD2995D04@ptavv.es.net>

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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > Not for long.  Opteron systems are even now quite price-competitive with
> > i386, although I don't know the availability for people outside the US.  I
> > can go to a local computer shop and buy dual Opteron server boards and
> > processors and not pay much more than for a nice Xeon system, and the
> > workstation class stuff will be out Real Soon Now.
>
> RSN has already come. Today's Fry's ad in the SJ Mercury lists an
> AMD64 3200+ with mobo for about $650. (I don't recall the mobo.)

Athlon64s aren't SMP capable, which is why I explicitly said Opteron. :)

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