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Re: Vista "Wow"
<.> wrote in message news:uA0KDCEdHHA.1508@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> 64 bit. It's for servers. So I think you'll find that server apps will be
> written for it. And hardware for servers are more likely to have drivers.
>
> Your program is for programmers and others to have a 64 bit environment so
> they can write and test server stuff. The same way the Pro had some server
> options built in to allow testing of server apps.
>
> It's not for general use. Nor is it for game players. It's for large
> companies. And 64 bit is hardly suitable for home use (nearly everything
in
> it is twice the size, so needs twice as much memory, twice as much hard
> disk, twice as long to transfer binary files, and most data it deals with
> will be 8 bit, 16 bit, and 32 bit negating the advantage of 64 bits).
Should
> be great for maths and programs based on maths if written for 64 bit.
>
> Also as regard to the future, it is not a given thing that 64 bit will
ever
> be a desktop PC. The near future there is a fair chance multicore 32 bit
> will rule. Maybe the next desktop jump will be from 32 bit multicore to
128
> bit multicore. There are also really wierd things that may make the future
> completely different.
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What are you talking about?...I built an XP_64 bit machine for my girlfriend
well over a year ago now.
She uses it for PhotoshopCS2 . The machine dual boots XP_32 and XP_64 and
for Photoshop at least...
the performance is better using the 64bit OS! Though not all devices
have 64 bit drivers...all of the hardware we have
is supported just fine and I'd say that XP_64 is one great working operating
system.
Vista on the other hand would not cut it. I did a few Vista test
installations and found that the 32bit version...
had (slightly) poor driver support and certainly no performance improvement
over XP . I'd expect the 64 bit version of
Vista to be an equal disappointment.
My suggestion would be to use XP either 32 bit or 64 bit depending on the
hardware...
and have another look at Vista next year to see how it's going
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