From what I have seen, larger venders have been providing 64-bith drivers for months now, that being ATI and NVIDIA. Now for this old Aopen PCI modem I have...that is another question. Hopefully microsoft will have a nice, highly-compatible generic 64-bit driver for my modem ready when i'm ready <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Faust+Apr 25 2005, 11:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faust @ Apr 25 2005, 11:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> From what I have seen, larger venders have been providing 64-bith drivers for months now, that being ATI and NVIDIA. Now for this old Aopen PCI modem I have...that is another question. Hopefully microsoft will have a nice, highly-compatible generic 64-bit driver for my modem ready when i'm ready <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> yeah.. x64 comes with tons of 64 bit drivers.. so i dont see much problems with actual hardware.... i remember that i have thrown away all the useless install disks, because xp came with almost all ive needed.... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-BaconTheory+Apr 25 2005, 07:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BaconTheory @ Apr 25 2005, 07:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You do know that Windows XP X64 isn't compatible with 32-bit applications, right? This means that you have to upgrade or discard anything 32-bit. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Last I was aware it had 32 bit emulation.
Would be a bit stupid for them to develop an OS that nobody could make use of for a damn long time.
It is compatible with 32-bit software, as jimmy has blatantly pointed out.
Interesting thing I just read off toms hardware' is that when emulating 32-bit proc, the 32-bit apps can dip slightly in perf, but apparently <i>some 32 bit apps will increase in perf </i>as well(when compared to the same 32 bith app running on a 32 bit OS)!
I can't wait to see some in-depth reviews on this!
As well, a co-worker of mine pondered today about how long it will take for a Service Pack to come out. We both agreed that we should see one by the time it hits North America <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
<!--QuoteBegin-Sky+Apr 25 2005, 01:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sky @ Apr 25 2005, 01:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> They prolly spent more money designing the flashy CD than they did designing the OS... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You're wildly deluded about the issues involved in windows OS design. With all the built in drivers, you're probably looking at a good 2-3 million lines of code in this last release.
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yeah.. x64 comes with tons of 64 bit drivers.. so i dont see much problems with actual hardware.... i remember that i have thrown away all the useless install disks, because xp came with almost all ive needed.... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Apparently all 6 series pentium chips coming out this quarter will feature EMT64.
Last I was aware it had 32 bit emulation.
Would be a bit stupid for them to develop an OS that nobody could make use of for a damn long time.
Interesting thing I just read off toms hardware' is that when emulating 32-bit proc, the 32-bit apps can dip slightly in perf, but apparently <i>some 32 bit apps will increase in perf </i>as well(when compared to the same 32 bith app running on a 32 bit OS)!
I can't wait to see some in-depth reviews on this!
As well, a co-worker of mine pondered today about how long it will take for a Service Pack to come out. We both agreed that we should see one by the time it hits North America <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
You're wildly deluded about the issues involved in windows OS design. With all the built in drivers, you're probably looking at a good 2-3 million lines of code in this last release.