Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Jan 2009 11:30 UTC
We've been able to drop the world of 32bit for a while now, with 64bit processors and support for them being prevalent in all popular, modern operating systems. However, where Mac OS X and Linux seem to make the move to 64bit rather effortlessly, Windows has more problems. Even though 32bit applications should run fine on 64bit Windows, some don't; and to make matters worse, drivers need to be 64bit, as there's no support for 32bit drivers in 64bit versions of Windows. Still, Gizmodo claims that with Windows 7, the time is right to take the plunge. But really, is it so? And why do Linux and Mac OS X seem to handle the transition so much easier?
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RE: My work group are using XP 64
by malfarot on Wed 21st Jan 2009 12:44
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"We have used XP 64 over one year, and with remarkable little problems. Att home I have used xp 64 for more than two years, and I also use Debian linux(sid) 64 bit version"
I think you meant "remarkablY" here, not "remarkable" 
It must be the funniest mistake I saw this year!
Edited 2009-01-21 12:46 UTC
RE[2]: My work group are using XP 64
by Laurence on Wed 21st Jan 2009 17:00
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Member since:2007-03-26
"We have used XP 64 over one year, and with remarkable little problems. Att home I have used xp 64 for more than two years, and I also use Debian linux(sid) 64 bit version" I think you meant "remarkablY" here, not "remarkable" It must be the funniest mistake I saw this year!
It must be the funniest mistake I saw this year! "I have seen" is better English.
Normally I wouldn't correct peoples grammar, however I hate hypocrisy.
If you're going to be pedantic about other people's spelling and grammar, then please ensure your own posts are spotless.
Edited 2009-01-21 17:00 UTC
RE[2]: My work group are using XP 64
by ebasconp on Fri 23rd Jan 2009 17:57
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RE: My work group are using XP 64
by mikecriley on Wed 21st Jan 2009 21:44
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Member since:2006-11-02
Either you are not telling the entire story or you do virtually nothing on you windows 64 machines. The 64 bit versions went through a period when it was so unstable unreliable or hardware was just not supported; in all three instances it was largely because of drivers. Don’t get me wrong . . . I make six figures because of Microsoft so I keep my complaining to a minimum. But when people say they went to MS 64bit and had no problems there is a reason as stated in the beginning of my post.
RE[2]: My work group are using XP 64
by suryad on Thu 22nd Jan 2009 22:20
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XP x64 gets confused by DVD-RAM optical drives...especially the newer ones. Also there is currently no painless way of getting VPN (Cisco) to work on that OS. Other than that, and the fact that a lot of electronics manufacturers do not make drivers for that OS (Canon, et al) I think its a damn fine OS. There are alternatives to all those problems I mentioned but still its a solid OS. It has gotten a lot better than the situation was 2 years ago for that OS that is for sure.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:45 UTC
"There's a disconnect between how Apple CEO Tim Cook sees his company's tax strategies and how some members of the US Senate view it. That became clearer than ever today after Cook and two other Apple executives testified before Congress, explaining why they're holding most of their international income in Irish subsidiaries like Apple Operations International, which declare no tax residency anywhere in the world. AOI hasn't filed a tax return anywhere in the world for the last five years, yet it earned $30 billion in income from 2009 to 2012, according to a Senate report released yesterday." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's just. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many more - these companies might not be breaking any laws, but it's obvious to anyone that what they are doing is scummy.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 15:53 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 22:43 UTC
The Verge pointed me to a blog post by Leap Motion - which reveals how their Kinect-like motion control works with Windows 8. "From the second you plug in your Leap Motion Controller, you'll be able to browse the web and interact with your computer just by moving your hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that's possible with multi-touch inputs - without actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements. Soon, we'll show you how Leap Motion will work with Mac OS X." Quite cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 21:50 UTC
PocketNow interviews Marc Dillon, and there's an interesting note about why Jolla is keeping the display properties under wraps: "We're leaving some of those details out because we do understand that there are a lot of really big players in the market and they tend to take certain components in the market and dominate them. We created the ability to actually be able to run Sailfish on multiple hardware displays and be able to swap components, so this is part of the demand and supply planning phase. We are committed to this industrial design which is a 4.5-inch display, an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing camera at the front, and the exact specs of the display we'll provide when we're close to delivery." Something you rarely hear anything about.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:06 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 7:37 UTC
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We have used XP 64 over one year, and with remarkable little problems. Att home I have used xp 64 for more than two years, and I also use Debian linux(sid) 64 bit version