Why are so many PCs now 64bit?

[Eric]

I was looking at a new PC the other day and they were all Vista
64bit.  I thought that 64bit was something that was notorious for
problems, lack of drivers, etc.  I am speaking only about Microsoft
Vista in this case.

Thanks.

The new Intel Core i7 quad-core processors can use triple-channel mode
that uses three identical modules and the motherboards come with six
slots, so 64-bit is required for that much memory (6x1GB).

Yeah, Vista sucks all right. You can't even Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up
the Task Manager and end the print spooler service (as you can in XP)
if a document gets stuck and won't delete.

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> ToolPackinMama

Evoluent vertical mouse

http://www.evoluent.com/vm3w.html

|The driver is not required. The VerticalMouse 3 still has basic
|functionality without it.

A good start.

| Freeware driver for Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit),
| XP x64, 2003, and 2000 at
| www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm

That looks promising.

 

[Jon Danniken]

I think Vista is a solid step toward taking managing control away from the
computer operator. From my experience with Win 7 so far, it's yet another
step
in that direction.

I don't like where this is going....

Jon

 

[ToolPackinMama]

Have you seen/tried this?

(There is no Evoluent driver for Vista 64 bit but the VerticalMouse
has basic functionality, or this shareware driver can be used.)

http://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm

Didn't work in Vista 64, not for me anyway

 

[Bryon Lape]

I don't like where this is going....

Jon

It is nice for enforcing coporate policies, but sucks hard for the home
user.

 

[Benjamin Gawert]

* VanguardLH:

How do you define "now"? 64-bit consumer-grade hardware has been
available for a decade (circa 1998).

Not really.

Guess you never considered an
Itanium processor

Itanium never was "consumer-grade". As weren't Alpha AXP, MIPS, PA-RISC,
POWER and all the other 64bit platforms of that time.

with Windows 2003 or Windows XP 64-bit Edition (circa
2003).

Windowsxp Professional 64bit Edition came out in 2001.

5+ years is a pretty wide window for "now".

Few 64-bit versions of Vista are sold due to the
driver problems (i.e., lack of 64-bit drivers).

The driver support of Vista x64 is pretty good and has been from start,
and it supports the majority of mainstream hardware out there.

The real reasons for users being reluctant to go for Vista x64 is
probably more because of the problems they heard from Windowsxp x64
which additionally suffered from bad driver support. And as long as
computers were sold with less than 4GB this wasn't a problem. Now, with
even midrange PCs coming with 4GB, the step to 64bit seems unavoidable.

Because of
the driver issue, that vast majority of pre-installed Vista hosts are
the 32-bit version of Vista. If you want the 64-bit version, you have
to explicitly order it.

Not any more as more and more standard PCs come with Vista x64
preinstalled already.

If your hardware is still supported by its maker but doesn't yet have a
64-bit driver to allow its use in an OS that's been out for over 5 years
and for hardware that's been available for a decade then complain to the
hardware maker.

Indeed.

Benjamin