On 31/03/2010 16:37, Michael Miles wrote: > 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. >> It gets worse with GFX cards. If you have 1GB GFX RAM you have 2GB usable system memory. If you run SLI, you have 2GB (2 x 1GB cards) GFX RAM...well...1GB addressable system memory?? -- 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