intel 64bit?

[Josef Wolf]

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 03:10:28PM +0100, Odd wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I don't think that's any clearer at all. If they don't understand what's 
> there now, they won't understand your explanation either.

I don't agree with you. I was confused by the original spelling, but I find
this explanation to be pretty clear.