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DARBES

12/01/05 11:43 AM

#66942 RE: greg s #66941

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Jules2

12/01/05 12:36 PM

#66952 RE: greg s #66941

Posted by: greg s
In reply to: Jules2 who wrote msg# 66940
Date:12/1/2005 11:42:22 AM
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What is market-compelling in 64-bit today?

About the same as what was so compelling about the Itanic 10 years ago.

Only much more so, 64 bits for the common man, get it?

Jules

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Tenchu

12/01/05 12:54 PM

#66956 RE: greg s #66941

Greg, What is market-compelling in 64-bit today?

Anyone who wants to run a 64-bit rendering program on a laptop deserves all of the problems he or she will likely run into. Or a 64-bit Verilog simulation. Or a 64-bit database program.

More of the insanity that comes from the Turdion supporters who swear that 64-bit matters in the mobile market.

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I_banker

12/01/05 1:26 PM

#66966 RE: greg s #66941

Mostly that consumers will want to run Windows Vista without having to buy another laptop. I know the ability to run XP factored into many buying decisions when that transition was taking place.

It is natural for consumers to want the latest and greatest OS without having to plunk down dollars for new hardware.

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j3pflynn

12/01/05 4:38 PM

#66996 RE: greg s #66941

gres - Did you miss the future part? Vista?