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10/02/11 20:43
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 		 #183967 - 64-bit
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Microsoft is pushing 64-bit machines for a simple reason.

Their OS is very bloated. They can't get 32-bit machines to work well, since 4GB doesn't leave much memory for any applications after Windows have taken its share.

With 64-bit machines, M$ can just recommend that you install 8 or 12 GB of RAM and then they can continue to code-bloat the OS even further. After all, a 64-bit OS can fit 4 billion times as much memory as a "normal" 32-bit OS that isn't using special extensions (which M$ only support in their 32-bit server versions of Windows).

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TopicAuthorDate
To be or not to be 32bit or 64bit            01/01/70 00:00      
   64-bit            01/01/70 00:00      
      the other side of the coin            01/01/70 00:00      
         Megasoft Windozes - Ecological disaster?            01/01/70 00:00      
   There's another way ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      2 operating systems            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: You have to partition            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not necessarily the best way ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maybe not            01/01/70 00:00      
         What's relevant in this case ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Win7 x64 Prof. wih Vitual PC            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hard to beleive            01/01/70 00:00      
         win7 Virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
      Sounds highly unlikely to me!            01/01/70 00:00      
         It's pretty much true.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Gotcha on XP VM on Win7            01/01/70 00:00      
         Virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
   I'd be interested to know, too!            01/01/70 00:00      
      about a year ago            01/01/70 00:00      
         win7 Dell and virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
            HA - this is hilarious            01/01/70 00:00      
               win7 virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
                  how does what I "have to do"            01/01/70 00:00      
                     PC XT @10MHz            01/01/70 00:00      
                        how about staying with the issue            01/01/70 00:00      
                        None of my Windows stuff that runs on the oldtimers ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Ever heard of VMWare?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Real world often less ideal            01/01/70 00:00      
               context is everything.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Of course context is important - but which meaning intended?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Workstations            01/01/70 00:00      
                  The case is pretty ugly, though            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Kewl fan lights            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I have to agree ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   4+GB of RAM.            01/01/70 00:00      
      You just need more than 4GB            01/01/70 00:00      
         I haven't really noticed that            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not machines            01/01/70 00:00      
         stuff that needs RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
            Few non-specialist programs needs lots of RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
               Even software that doesn't use the RAM itself profits.            01/01/70 00:00      

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