Re: What is the purpose for 64bit Windows?
There are no lackeys here, just users trying to help those who are in need
of help. And you really should keep up with the changes at MS - Bill hasn't
been in charge of MS for several years, and is leaving the company in the
new year completely to focus on his charitable work around the world.
That being said, there are many reasons for moving to 64bit Windows.
Personally, I moved because I wanted to be able to use all the functionality
of my computer. And because I'm always most comfortable on the leading (not
to say bleeding) edge of what's out there and available. I have a few things
that I had to abandon due to lack of drivers, and a few others where I've
had to apply a significant amount of moral persuasion to the vendor to get
their act together. But absolutely none of these prevented me from doing
what I do on a daily basis. All my core hardware and software has worked
flawlessly. And continues to do so. My 6 GB of RAM on my desktop is seen
without problems, as is the 16 GB of RAM on each of my two servers. My dual
monitors are seen correctly (as long as I don't make the mistake of
downloading the latest drivers from ATI). My bluetooth mouse works
perfectly. My built in sound card works as well as it can (not a big area
for me, and I cut a corner or two on it, I admit). My printer has full and
complete functionality, as does the second printer on the network once Dell
FINALLY produced a driver for it. All my networking works as expected. I can
burn DVDs (though not from my iPOD, since Apple broke that in the 7.4
release.) I can connect my Zune. All my USB thumb drives work. IOW,
everything that matters to me works.
Now, it's true. I've been doing this sort of thing for a long time. And
always on the bleeding edge, so I've learned how to buy hardware. I never
buy peripheral hardware that has any sort of "special" interface. No "host
based printing", for example. Printers have to have PCL5 and PostScript both
on them. And I have an old JetDirectEX that I use to connect them up, if
they don't have a built in JetDirect card to get onto the network. In the
days when I needed a modem, I never, ever, bought one of those "WinModem"
things. Duh. I buy my servers from HP. I build my own workstations where I
can carefully control the parts and the mobo. I don't depend on USB for
networking - all my Internet connectivity is handled by a Router, and my
firewall sits behind the router, and the servers sit behind that, and my
workstations are all connected to the internal network.
None of this is an accident. It's just good planning and preparation for
running in beta versions of new operating systems. At the moment, I'm only
running two beta operating systems. It's the fewest beta OSs I've been
running in the last 15 years of doing this. (And thank goodness for
Virtualization! It is WAY easier to deal with than dual and multi-booting
multiple machines.)
--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
"Chris Purdue" <chrise@eathbound.net> wrote in message
news:476564ba$0$2312$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>I purchased the 64 bit version of Windows XP and found out that many
>hardware and software products are not supported hence, I had to revert
>back to 32bit Windows XP. Now I see the exact same problems with Vista 64
>bit. My question is: What is the purpose of 64 bit Windows if support is
>lacking? Just like Linux which I consider to be crap, I consider the same
>for the 64 bit Windows.
>
> You lackeys don't need to reply unless your name is Bill Gates.
> 