Linked by Jeremy T. Fox on Fri 11th Jul 2003 16:55 UTC
Mac OS X A recent article by Tony Smith from The Register titled "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther will not be a 64-bit OS" caused a good deal of confusion with many people, including me. It is also caused a heated argument here on OSNews. The basic point of the article is that Mac OS 10.2.7 and 10.3 are not "true" 64-bit OSes, but the article does not clearly explain what a "true" 64-bit OS is. This had led to a lot of claims that the article is false or misinformed, rather than just unclear, which is certainly is.
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Server computing
by Hank on Fri 11th Jul 2003 03:14 UTC

so Hank....what do you think about buying a 64 bit Server for scientific programming?

As a back end processor that would be fine. Offline visualization with 32-bit program would be possible, but I would rather have a full 64 bit solution.