Hi,
To quickly asnwer your questions,
1. Buy AMD dualcore Opterons instead, you're better off. Check the
threads on this from a couple of days ago.
Also some links:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cpu/amd-cmp-vs-smp.html
And
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=a64x2&page=1&MSCSProfile=
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1D15DAF8193E518376033E41EA0A167B3C71E4919A00E266E30B5D0745D682F69AEAD359
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2. About WINXP64 you've hit the nail right on, it's all about
driversupport. But now with all the new applications moving over to 64
bit, WINXP64 is gaining more support and driversupport etc. will
improve. Also when XSI 64 is available a lot of the more popular
plugins/addons hopefully will be recompiled quickly to the new platform.
