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Should You Move to 64Bit? | |
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| Time: 00:04 EST/05:04 GMT | News Source: OS News | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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We've been able to drop the world of 32bit for a while now, with 64bit processors and support for them being prevalent in all popular, modern operating systems. However, where Mac OS X and Linux seem to make the move to 64bit rather effortlessly, Windows has more problems. Even though 32bit applications should run fine on 64bit Windows, some don't; and to make matters worse, drivers need to be 64bit, as there's no support for 32bit drivers in 64bit versions of Windows. Still, Gizmodo claims that with Windows 7, the time is right to take the plunge. But really, is it so? And why do Linux and Mac OS X seem to handle the transition so much easier? | ||
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| #1 By 62611 (24.20.194.33) at 1/22/2009 8:11:22 AM |
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64bit has been viable since Vista came out. Companies release 64 bit drivers right along with their 32bit drivers. I also have yet to find an app that doesn't work in x64 Vista.
I don't know that it's fair to say OSX has made the transition easier because as of yet they haven't made the transition. Leopard is not 64bit. It does support 64bit but the kernel itself and all the bundled apps are still 32bit. But I think it will be a nice transition simply because they are dropping 32bit with snow leopard. No supporting two different version. Which is what microsoft should do, just dump 32bit all together. |
| #2 By 54556 (68.35.10.96) at 1/22/2009 9:34:16 AM |
| Perhaps then you could point me to a 64-bit ISIS/TWAIN driver for a Canon CR-180? |
| #3 By 2960 (72.196.201.130) at 1/22/2009 11:54:29 AM |
| Or a 64-bit version of CheckPoint SecureClient, which is a show-stopper for me. |
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