From: "Geo." 

once they cut the price, emulation mode will matter less because as more
people buy there is more reason to release an IA64 version of apps.

Geo.

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:3e112539{at}w3.nls.net...
> I haven't been following the Itanium saga closely, but I've heard that
with
> real world applications in IA32 emulation mode, it is several times slower
> than current Pentium 4 hardware. If this is so, there is a considerably
> higher barrier than price that needs to be surmounted before Itanium has a
> prayer.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada

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