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| Time: 12:14 EST/17:14 GMT | News Source: Bink.nu | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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| #1 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 12/28/2004 5:06:27 PM |
| WOW! That is a lot and from the lineup, very well balanced and enforces the integration that we have found translates into more profitable revenue and improved quality of life as well as work. |
| #2 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 12/28/2004 11:47:30 PM |
| What about "istanbul"? This is something I would be very interested to test. Also I did not hear any news about "Athens"; are we going to see any computer similar to the one showed by HP? |
| #3 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 12/29/2004 11:42:28 PM |
| NT has been available in 64-bit form for long, long time... far ahead of OS X. Windows 2000 is a bit of an anomaly in the NT line in its lack of a 64-bit edition (though it had support for Alpha up to RC2, IIRC), but that has little to do with the capabilities and design of the OS, or with Microsoft. |
| #4 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 12/30/2004 3:14:09 PM |
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That's exactly what Intel has been saying--and they're largely correct. 64-bit processors aren't all that useful on the desktop yet, at least not for the vast majority of users. Desktops equipped with more than 4 GB (or even 2 GB) of RAM are a rare exception, and very few are the desktop apps that need and would actually take advantage of it today (true on OS X as well). Nonetheless, 64-bit is (Itanium--both XP and Server editions available) and has (Alpha, MIPS) been available for NT for quite some time, so saying they're "behind the curve" wrt 64-bit is not quite accurate. This post was edited by bluvg on Thursday, December 30, 2004 at 15:56. |
| #5 By 7754 (65.27.87.2) at 12/30/2004 7:48:41 PM |
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But x86 is not merely 64-bit computing, it also adds more registers, more efficient encryption/decryption, and hardware NX capabilities. Other than that you're right, not very useful.
Yes, of course x86 is that, but that's part of the x86 platform, not something on which Microsoft is "behind the curve." I'm saying Windows NT for the Alpha would not be very useful for your average desktop user. Agreed. The 64-bit capabilities in Tiger--and for that matter, when the x86 version of Windows is released--are not very useful for the average desktop user, either, at this point. All I'm saying is, Microsoft has been supporting 64-bit environments for some time. Saying they are behind Apple when it comes to 64-bit OSes is just not accurate. |
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