One significant change in relation to the official 1.4 release is our new 2-CD installation set, which can be ordered from The Gentoo Linux Store, in addition to being available on our mirrors. We currently have 2-CD installation sets for x86 (486 and above), i686 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Athlon/Duron and above), Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Athlon XP. To see what 2-CD set is right for you, read the detailed descriptions of each product in the store. The store descriptions contain fairly comprehensive CPU compatibility information.
So, about the 2 CD set -- here's what's on each CD. The first CD ("CD 1") is called "Live CD Installation," and is a bootable CD-ROM, meaning that you can put "CD 1" in your drive and run Gentoo Linux directly from the CD. You can then use this CD-based version of Gentoo to install Gentoo Linux 1.4 to your hard disk. In addition to containing a bootable Gentoo Linux environment, every CD 1 contains everything you need to install Gentoo Linux quickly, even without a connection to the Internet. In addition, several pre-compiled packages are also included on CD 1, such as the ever-important XFree86 X server. If you have an ISO CD-ROM image file for CD 1, its name will end in "-cd1.iso".
In contrast, the second CD ("CD 2") isn't bootable, and contains lots of pre-built packages for your system. Included on this CD are optimized versions of packages such as KDE, GNOME, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Evolution, and others. CD 2 is optional and is intended for those people who are interested in installing Gentoo Linux very quickly. The packages included on CD 2 typically take about 36 hours to compile from source on a typical modern single-processor system. If you have an ISO CD-ROM image file for CD 2, its name will end in "-cd2.iso".
Download for Pentium 4 Systems:
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http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/pentium4/pentium4-1.4-20030731-cd1.iso
http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/pentium4/pentium4-1.4-20030731-cd2.iso<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Download for Pentium III Systems:
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http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/pentium3/pentium3-1.4-20030801-cd1.iso<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Download for Pentium II Systems:
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http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/i686/i686-1.4-20030806-cd1.iso
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/i686/i686-1.4-20030806-cd2.iso<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Download for Athlon XP Systems:
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http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/athlon-xp/athlon-xp-1.4-20030731-cd1.iso<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Installation:
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
/me goes off to download it... 
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