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0 pointspjmlp5y ago0 comments

Those cross licenses are the only reason why this laptop isn't running on Itanium, without them there wouldn't exist AMD64.

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rcgorton5y ago

The 'only' reasons (plural) that your laptop does not run Itanium: - battery life: an Itanium in a laptop would run for less than an your - too hot: Itanium servers ran incredibly hot due to power. A laptop would probably catch fire in short order - Windows was not supported on Itanium - cost: would you pay $5K for an Itanium laptop?

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0 pointspjmlp5y ago0 comments

Those cross licenses are the only reason why this laptop isn't running on Itanium, without them there wouldn't exist AMD64.

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rcgorton5y ago

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