Rich Menga is PCMech's video guy, an author and part-time host of PCMech LIVE.Does having a 64-bit processor in your computer really amount to anything if you’re not using server applications? Whether you’re running Windows 64-bit, Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard or a 64-bit Linux, where are the 64-bit apps? What could someone possibly do any better right now with a 64-bit system compared to 32?
Links mentioned in this podcast:
http://www.microsoft.com/servers/64bit/overview.mspx
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/64bit.html
Also mentioned:
If you actually have a 64-bit system (no matter what OS you use,) do you see any advantage by having it at present? Do you use any native 64-bit desktop (i.e. not server based) apps that really show a difference in speed, smoothness, ease-of-use, etc.?
Listen in and give your opinion on 64-bit.
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11/22/2007 11:15 pm
I actually have 64 bit Windows Vista. I actually have ran 32 bit and 64 bit on my system. I actually saw a great difference in speed and resources. The 64 bit version uses more resources, but it also allows for more. I have 4GB of ram and it sits idle around 1.6GB. That sucks, but that is why I have 4GB. 32 bit would sit idle around 750MB, but it didn’t recognize all of my ram- instead of 4GB it only showed 2.5. The speed in which all applications would actually run smoother and faster- so much faster. Unlike 32 bit, 64 bit is allowed to use more resources to get the job done. I would recomend 64 bit to anyone- but know that there are less programs and drivers for 64 bit systems. Usually you can find them.
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12/16/2007 7:59 am
Yes we definitly need 64 bit technology.
We are developing internet2 applications.
Internet2 URL addresses are like this;
****************************************************************://****************************************************************.****************************************************************/****************************************************************/****************************************************************.****************************************************************
Where * is appropriate single character (alphabet, number, symbol)
http://marssoftsearch.com/error404.asp
This error404.asp file will browse URL
Take this URL as an example;
http://web.search.yahoo.com/search/options
1)
http://marssoftsearch.com/error404.asp?url=http://web.search.yahoo.com/search/options
for
http://web.search.yahoo.com/search/options
2)
http://marssoftsearch.com/error404.asp?url=http://web.search.yahoo.com.c/search/options
for
http://web.search.yahoo.com.c/search/options
3)
http://marssoftsearch.com/error404.asp?url=http://web.search.yahoo.com.marssoftsearch.com/search/options
for
http://web.search.yahoo.com.marssoftsearch.com/search/options
4)
http://marssoftsearch.com/error404.asp?url=http://web.search.yahoo.com.c.marssoftsearch.com/search/options
for
http://web.search.yahoo.com.c.marssoftsearch.com/search/options
The URL generator and URL crawler is using matrices.
With 64 bit technology matrice elements can have up to 64 characters.
Dual core processor will be in use for domain and subdomain, and more cores means more subsubdomains calculations…
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