AZ> GH>The Pentium and Pentium Pro CPUs are 64-bit processors (handling
AZ> GH>64-bit of data at a time) and Windows NT is a 32-bit OS. Seems
AZ> GH>like the OS is almost always a step behind the hardware, but I'm
AZ> GH>not sure why that is.
AZ> Perhaps because the Pentium and P-PRO are NOT 64-bit processors...
AZ> they use 64-bit memory IO, but internally, are as 32-bit as all
AZ> Intel processors since the 1986 386.
AZ> Intel and HP are working jointly on a true 64-bit processor... but
AZ> it's not here yet!
Talking about 64-bit... Is it true that NT 5.0 is going to be a 64-bit OS?
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