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RE: all the flame wars aside...
by Brendan on Wed 16th Nov 2005 18:07 UTC in reply to "all the flame wars aside..."
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Hmmm - what exactly is the need for "64 bit" for desktop machines?

BTW your old computer is no good because it doesn't have the new metallic blue racing stripes. I think you should spend $2000 on hardware and another $1500 on software, just so you can take advantage of these nice new racing stripes. To ensure that your wallet is emptied sooner, we'll be discontinuing support for the old "non-striped" models, because honestly, all computers will have fancy blue racing stripes by the time we've convinced suckers that they're useful. Send your check for $3500 today (or 40 easy credit card payments of $100 a month) and we'll throw in a set of free steak knives! But ring quick - stocks are limited..

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Just a reminder:
by Drumhellar on Wed 16th Nov 2005 18:49 in reply to "RE: all the flame wars aside..."
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Not much today. But in order to implement 64 bit we need hardware, an OS, and applications. The latter two aren't going to happen without the first two.
So my answer is that we don't need it today, but if the next ten years are anything like the last ten years--then we surely will need it. And it is a long implementation cycle.
Vista's successor (Windows 2020? We see clearly now?) will be MS's first 64 bit only OS.

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There are two main reasons to use 64 bit machines, both are likely to need the ability to use the much larger virtual address space.

1. For handling very large databases.
2. For video editing.

The first reason is why Opterons and 64bit Xeons are going out the door fast primarily to run Oracle, DB2 etc. The second case is as far as I know the only reason why you would need a 64 bit desktop machine.

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