On 03/31/2010 12:58 AM, birger wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 21:24 +1030, Tim wrote: > >> The latter may be a bit hard when dealing with Windows files, as that >> platform is lagging behind in using 64-bit. >> > > From what I have seen, 2008 may be the last server version of windows > with a 32-bit version of the os, so I guess app vendors should hurry up > getting their 64-bit support done... I am not 100% certain about this, I > once saw a matrix hinting that 32-bit apps would have to run in 32-bit > compatibility mode in future server operating systems. > > If they are killing 32-bit server support now, how long until they do > the same for desktop? Especially since 32-bit windows can't really use > more memory than 3GB. > > My guess is that microsoft will drop 32-bit versions of windows very > soon. After all, both the OS and the apps have always been memory hogs. > That will not change. For Vista you really need more memory than the > 32-bit version can handle. > > The relevant question for this list would be: Can we use 64-bit windows > codecs with our 64-bit linux apps? > > > birger > > From what I understand Win 7 is the last 32 bit os for Microsoft Thank God, but your right they have a lot of catching up to do -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
