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Performance of 64-bit vs. 32-bit Windows Dual Core

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:01 am
by Patrick DSP
thanks to www.slashdot.org for the info...

a good read for those that care...
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 522,00.asp

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:41 am
by Needs2Know
Dell gives you this rather dire warning when you try to buy a system with the OS installed:

"Peripherals you currently own or plan to purchase in the near future (cameras, printers, MP3 players, handheld devices) will most likely NOT work on a system purchased with Windows XP Professional x64, and some software applications may not work on the x64 operating system."


..um yeh exactly.

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:58 am
by sweetjesus
yay another /.er

http://slashdot.org/articles/05/09/12/1 ... 201&tid=99 a nice thread which Ableton's tech people should read.

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:18 am
by dave dominey
Re:They left out.. (Score:5, Funny)
by vsprintf (579676) on Sunday September 11, @06:52PM (#13533954)

#ifndef ULTIMATE_EDITION
disable_gaming_support();
#endif
#ifndef ENTERPRISE_EDITION
disable_wan_support();
#endif
#ifndef PREMIUM_EDITION
disable_large_file_support();
#endif
#ifdef BASIC_EDITION
enable_random_bsod();
#endif
// splash_screen("Windows 3.1 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows 95 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows 98 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows ME is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows 2000 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows XP is starting");
splash_screen("Windows Vista is starting");
goto start_windoz;

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:37 am
by sweetjesus
dave dominey wrote:Re:They left out.. (Score:5, Funny)
by vsprintf (579676) on Sunday September 11, @06:52PM (#13533954)

#ifndef ULTIMATE_EDITION
disable_gaming_support();
#endif
#ifndef ENTERPRISE_EDITION
disable_wan_support();
#endif
#ifndef PREMIUM_EDITION
disable_large_file_support();
#endif
#ifdef BASIC_EDITION
enable_random_bsod();
#endif
// splash_screen("Windows 3.1 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows 95 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows 98 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows ME is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows 2000 is starting");
// splash_screen("Windows XP is starting");
splash_screen("Windows Vista is starting");
goto start_windoz;

:lol: :lol: :lol:
don't laugh at that post, my VB equivelant could make you cry..

Live_Load()

On Error GoTo errhandler
if instr(app.Name) = "Demo" then
OperatorMadeCash = False
LoopingAppMadeCash = False
SaveNiceSoundIdea = False
SaveFileAllowed = False
end if

if Not OperatorMadeCash then
OperatorMadeCash = False
SaveNiceSoundIdea = False
end if

If instR(app.Version,".01") then call RandomWeirdness()

: errhandler
if FirsttimeFoundSecurityProblem then call RememberWhenBreached()
if Not FirsttimeFoundSecurityProblem AND Date = Two_Months_Later then call StopWorking();

End Sub

Graphs R good

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:20 am
by dtm
Hmmm.. Extremetech now bookmarked- most tests you read about just sound like a bunch of geeks getting their hands on some free hardware, playing games all week, and forwarding useless comparative tests. Thanks Pat, nice site.