__/ [ GreyCloud ] on Thursday 24 August 2006 21:15 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft cuts ANOTHER feature:
>> full HD playback in 32bit Vista goes
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>> | By far the majority of PCs use 32-bit processors, because despite
>> | AMD's efforts to push 64-bit CPUs into the marketplace early, Intel's
>> | first widely-promoted 64-bit CPU is the just-released Core 2 Duo.
>> `----
>>
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> I thought the Intel Core 2 duo was only 32-bit?
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http://www.apcstart.com/site/dwarne/2006/08/1139/microsoft-cuts-another-feature-full-hd-playback-in-32bit-vista
I wasn't sure myself. Just checked...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2
Intel Core 2 processors feature EM64T (an implementation of AMD64),
Virtualization Technology, Execute Disable Bit, and SSE4.
Also to see:
http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/0415251
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