[NTLUG:Discuss] Athlon incompatibilities?

Michael H. Collins mhtexcollins at austin.rr.com
Mon Dec 25 20:14:47 CST 2000


	Star office runs fine on my athlon.

eb110 at attglobal.net wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking of building a system with the AMD Athlon
> Thunderbird 1GHz CPU. This will be the first time I'll
> move out of Intel Inside land.
> 
> My main concern is software compatibility: Apparently,
> most software should work fine but there are stories of
> incompatibilities, e.g. StarOffice 5.2 was available only
> for x86 machines, some PC games are limited to Intel
> architecture, etc.
> 
> Any real life encounters with Athlon incompatible software
> (Windows and Linux) that people have run into? Also, tips
> from anyone who has recently built a similar system will
> also be appreciated.
> Sameer
> 
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