Star Windows x64 Watch List
Linked by David Handlos on Thu 25th Sep 2008 18:07 UTC
Windows A Windows developer and Sysadmin has compiled a "Watch List" of the small but annoyingly important things to keep in mind when moving from 32 bit Windows to Windows x64.
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RE[4]: And don't forget IE...
by google_ninja on Fri 26th Sep 2008 19:02 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: And don't forget IE..."
google_ninja
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2006-02-05

Would mod that up if i could, 64bit is important for kernels and apps that need to address an insane amount of ram, and thats about it.

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sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

64bit is important for kernels and apps that need to address an insane amount of ram, and thats about it.

I understand what you are saying, and agree to a point. However, as long as threads like this one are relevant, we do have a problem that needs to be solved. The 32 bit/64 bit thing involves overhead in the form of development time, testing time, user confusion, 32 *and* 64 bit libraries being loaded into memory, etc. etc. etc. Unless you think that 64 bit in user space is going to go away, we really need to move forward to a unified architecture for x86 if only for simplicity's sake, regardless of whether a 64 bit browser has measurable advantages over a 32 bit one.

I believe it was William of Ockham who said that one should not multiply architectures unnecessarily. And if he didn't he should have.

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