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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Just starting - Vista OS

2007-02-04 by Dana H. Myers

Bob Frost wrote:
> 
> 
> But aren't many of those problems due to you running 64bit Vista, of
> minority interest.

Not in my case; running on a plain old Northwood P4.  No AMD64/EM64T
extensions in the chip.

> Most people using Vista will run 32bit, and that is
> where most manufacturers have been and will be putting their effort in updating
> software and drivers. Scott Byer of Adobe has said there would be no
> advantage in having a 64 bit Photoshop unless you were using files of
> 1GB or
> over http://blogs.adobe.com/scottbyer/2006/12/64_bitswhen.html
> <http://blogs.adobe.com/scottbyer/2006/12/64_bitswhen.html>

32-bit applications will run just fine on 64-bit windows, but the
fact is that virtually all new x86 boxes sold today are 64-bit capable.
There will be a lot of pressure before long for 64-bit drivers and
system bits.

Dana

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