Migrating to 64-Bit. Is it worth it?

"Already in the past few months we have seen a lot of information appearing on the web highlighting the AMD64 architecture, however with the lack of a workstation class chipset available, editors and analysts have only been able to focus on server applications."
By this they are speaking of the AMD Opteron, which is not unlike the Athlon64 FX.

You have to ask yourself. Do I like AMD enough to upgrade to 64bit? or should I switch to the Intel side of things? Each solution has their good things and bad things but really it comes down to "How much money am I willing to spend?"

The way I see it, with current prices each solution will cost you about the same given the initial cost of the hardware and time spent after the purchase. If you are an early adopter of any new technology there are also additional costs involved while the manufacturer works the bugs out. (i.e. Intel Willamette P4 vs Northwood P4. Early buyers got stuck with a non-upgradeable motherboard due to the pin and package changes with each chip.)

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