[nflug] AMD64 Debian 'Etch' Stability

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David J. Andruczyk pisze:
> 64 bit  OS's are needed for only the few reasons:
>  1. you have more than 4 GB of ram, AND you want your processes to be able to address all of it (Databases,  high performance virtualization,  VMware ESX, Xen, etc)

Then I wonder: what is the logic of going thru the trouble of making a 
motherboard that will accept a 64 bit processor but no more than 2 GB of 
RAM?  Sounds like a decision driven by marketing to reel in guinea 
pig/fools like me, much like with Windows ME.  (Fortunately, I see past 
the latter.)  Perhaps Speed Step has the potential to fill in somewhat.