intel 64bit?

[Colin Law]

2010/1/9 Odd <iodine at runbox.no>:
> Josef Wolf wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 04:05:44PM -0500, Rashkae wrote:
>>> Josef Wolf wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> At http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-releases/9.10/ is stated, that the 64
>>>> bit version is for AMD processors only.  So I am curious: how to install 64 bit
>>>> for intel processors?
>>>>
>>>> Any hints?
>>>>
>>> Install the AMD64.  It's called AMD64 simply because AMD pioneered the
>>> cpu design.  Some distros might refer to it as X86_64, both mean the
>>> same thing, and work equally well on AMD and INTEL cpu's
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification. Can somebody please add this clarification to
>> the description of the iso mentioned above?
>
> Why? It's already there, in the description:
>
> AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2)
>
> FYI, Xeon and Core 2 are Intel processors. No need to add anything to that,
> as it would be redundant.
>

It may be redundant to add anything to that, but the fact that many
people are confused indicates that sometimes a little redundancy may
be a good thing.  It would do no harm if the heading were:
64-bit PC (AMD64 and Intel x64) desktop CD
In addition, in the text it could say "computers based on the AMD64 or
 EM64T (Intel x64) architecture" for further clarification.

Colin