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[Michael Miles]

On 03/31/2010 12:58 AM, birger wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 21:24 +1030, Tim wrote:
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>> The latter may be a bit hard when dealing with Windows files, as that
>> platform is lagging behind in using 64-bit.
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> > 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