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Originally Posted by ReBorn_Spirit
Alright Falcor, think of this once.
That new Vista came out takes at least a good 1GB of ram just to run properly, now on most 32 bit systems thats 1/4th their max capacity. But the real fact is, its actually about 1/2 or 3/4th their capacity because not all boards actually support a full 4 GB's of ram. Did you know that Oblivion takes 512 to 1GB of ram to run properly? If your doing math that is 2GB right there, now on most board's, thats the most you'll ever get right there. However if you wanted to stay on top of your hardware updating things you'd go for 3 GB of ram. Soon 4.. Just because of the extras that are starting to come out.
In comparison, 32 bit has its days numbers, 64 bit doesn't. The actual Ram support is built into the XP OS as about 128 GB or something, no way you can top that really. Not to mention the fact I can actually hold all 8GB's of Ram and use Both of my processors on XP PRO (32 & 64 bit). I'd much rather stay with my 64 bit OS because of future requirements for these huge applications.
So go ahead, keep thinking they should only make 32 bit appz, its a dead architecture soon anyways. In my personal opinion your view on 64 bit being a waist, is rather ironic, as I think further development of 32 bit is waisting ones time.
** Told DEP to ignore graal, so I finally launches after I run about 30 other programs. This is ridiculous.
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The reality is that, right now, 64-Bit OS is more or less like the unstable branch of any OSS. Its got the latest features, but is largely unsupported and is not production-ready. The only 64-Bit OS (Aside from UNIX/Linux) that the main-stream gets to enjoy is Windows Vista (And to a much smaller extent, XP 64). And that has been release for only a few months. 32-Bit platforms have been around for much longer.
Its like the switch from DVDs to BluRay or HD-DVD. It will take time for people to make the switch. (A very long time) And while this is happening, its not wise to alienate your already existing (and large) base of 32-Bit users by investing a lot of time into 64-Bit fixes/optimizations/etc that will only be enjoyed by a small percentage of the customer base. This is especially true since the 64 bit processors can run 32 bit programs, so by developing 32 bit programs you alienate no one.