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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."
Nothing like giving windows more opportunities to swap to the disk.
...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.
It seems that new versions are seriosly plagued by performance problems. Check the story here
Mod parent down. NOT insightful. Idiotic.
If you think Mr. Clippy is annoying now in Word, wait until you install the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office. But of of course you'll need a minimum of 640GB if RAM and a .5 Terabyte drivespace.
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
Like others, you seem to be getting hit early and hard by MS fanboy mods....
LISTEN UP YOU FUCKING IDIOTS.....
Just because some asks a question you don't like about M$, you don't mod it fucking troll.
"I don't agree" is not equal to "Troll".
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.
So what? Windows is for losers. And yes, that includes any 64 bit versions.
Go ahead, mod me a troll. Its my honest opinion. No true "Nerd" ("News for nerds, stuff that matters") (or geek, or whatever you wenna call yourself) gives a flying damn about anything MS.
If you use windows voluntarily on your own PC/workstation, the closest you can come is 'wannabe nerd'. Having to use it at work (as long as you make at least a token protest), or when visiting relatives is allowed (although a hardcore nerd will have converted their relatives away too)
x86 not x64 !
Who modded this informative ?
Yes I am speaking directly to you.
When you lay down tonight, and it's just you and the silence, you'll think a little about modding down The Cicso Kid and realize you are pawn, a sheep...While I tire of analogies, you get the drift.
If you use windows voluntarily on your own PC/workstation, the closest you can come is 'wannabe nerd'.
One question. Who is it that has that kind of boxen, and run Windows on it? Ok, 4GB of RAM is small, and so is 1GB of system cache. But 16TB of mem? And 512TB page-file? No way it is needed. It is simply not a market for windows on the really really boxes. Like The 64-way Itanic's from SGI. They run a Unix/Linux-flavour, and I bet they always will.
Assembling etherkillers for fun an profit
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.