Warp wrote:

>   (Of course the PC world lagging behind in technology is nothing new.
> The DEC Alpha processor was already 64-bit in 1992. The first 64-bit
> PC processor was the Itanium, in 2001, which didn't get widespread
> popularity. The first widespread 64-bit PC processor was the AMD Opteron,
> introduced in 2003.)

My mate Benny tells me that [I forget exactly who] had a 10 GHz CPU well 
over 10 years ago, but modern PCs can't do this due to "the x86 overhead".

But then, my mate Benny tells me a lot of computer-related "facts" which 
are quite clearly wildly incorrect, so...

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