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Microsoft to Launch 64-bit Windows on Monday
maotx writes "Several news outlets are reporting that Microsoft will officially roll out 64-bit versions of its Windows operating systems on Monday. As compared with existing 32-bit versions: 64-bit Windows will handle 16 terabytes of virtual memory, as compared to 4 GB for 32-bit Windows. System cache size jumps from 1 GB to 1 TB, and paging-file size increases from 16 TB to 512 TB."
...for viruses and spyway to utilize! Woo hoo!!!! A new generation dawneth. :-)
I can't be alone in thinking, "holy shit, is that it?"
The paging table is the least of Window's problems.
This lack of real quality is striking me speechless. I have literally no idea what to say.
I admit it. I like Microsoft. I like a lot of their employees. I like a lot of their products. But to release this. THIS. I can't see how this relatively minor port makes big news. We aren't talking quantum leaps in computing, and that's the problem. For a company with the deep engineering backbone that Microsoft has, each release ought to be earth-shaking.
I sit here shrugging my shoulders and sighing at this release. Even the venerable Steve Jobs could spin this into something much better.
I mean, as I do not own any computer that will ever reach the amount of 16 TB of hard drive space (assuming that there won't be any super-low-price 16 TB hard drives for sale during the next few years), the 16 TB limit would be enough for me as it is.
Were the cache and page file maximum size limits the only changes (besides making the OS work at 64 bit)?
I hope they updated the integrated drivers list because if the installation still requires me to use floppy disk in order to use SATA drives, I'd quit the installation instantly. I don't have a floppy disk device nor do I intend to buy any extra hardware just to make an OS work on my computer.
x86 not x64 !
Who modded this informative ?
It amazes me that the one limitation with 32-bit that normal people ACTUALLY run in to is the one not addressed. I routinely work with files over the 2gb limit and have to pull them over a network from solaris just to use them in windows. Talk about a hassle. Is this part of the virtual memory increase or not?
People who think they know everything really piss off those of us that actually do.
XP x64 isn't fully 64bit. One example is Windows Media Player 10, which is still 32bit.
Havoc Penington, the bane of my Linux desktop.