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The previous gen, P4 and P-D were already 64-bit, XP 64-bit and 2003 64-bit was out, Linux was 64-bit for years; Core Duo not being 64-bit was a stop-gap and ev
by vetinari 7y ago
The previous gen, P4 and P-D were already 64-bit, XP 64-bit and 2003 64-bit was out, Linux was 64-bit for years; Core Duo not being 64-bit was a stop-gap and everybody knew that. Creating new ABI on that was exactly like launching a new Carbon project today, that's why I compared these two in the first place.
- Synaesthesia 7y ago>P4 and P-D were already 64-bit Ah yes had forgotten that (the Apple Intel Dev Boxes were P4's)
- whatthesmack 7y agoWeren’t they Xeons?
- p_l 7y agoLate Pentium 4 in a pretty much random standard PC motherboard, I think it didn't even have EFI (even the broken 2001-vintage one that was common for years on x86 Macs). Xeons arrived with Mac Pro.
- SllX 7y agoNah. P4s, a gig of SDRAM, either a GMA 800 or GMA 900 for graphics, a 1x and a 16x PCIe slots, a 160GB disk and a DVD drive all running on the first Tiger service pack (10.4.1). Yours for 18 months for only $999! (‘Twas a rental.)