[Gllug] Thoughts on secondhand server guide price

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Sat Jun 20 18:09:21 UTC 2009


On 16 Jun 2009, John Edwards stated:
> It would also be useful to know the exact model of Xeon CPU, as
> earlier releases did not support 64bit or Intel-VT. Some people
> may need a CPU that supports those.

Just give the model number. 'Xeon' just means 'Intel CPU aimed at
the server market segment' and says very little indeed about the
age of the CPU, its capabilities, or indeed anything else other
than that Intel wanted to gouge you when it sold it.
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