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"Windows 7 Compatible" PCs Must Be 64-bit
Barence writes "Microsoft has started certifying PCs as 'compatible with Windows 7' — and is looking to avoid the mistakes that dogged the Vista-Capable scheme. Whereas Microsoft certified PCs that could only run Vista Home Basic last time around, this time PCs will have to work with all versions of Windows 7 to qualify for the sticker, including 64-bit versions of the OS. Microsoft also claims, 'products that receive the logo are checked for common issues to minimize the number of crashes, hangs, and reboots experienced by the user.'"
Welcome to "why proprietary software sucks". All my devices still work fine in 64bit Linux... printers, scanners, everything. 64bit Windows? I have to buy a new printer and scanner if I want to print or scan.
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
draeath@pandora:~$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3935 3912 23 0 0 1372
Some of us actually use our system you know.
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... fuck you, slashdot.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
Right now I'm running Firefox with 12 tabs, listening to music, and editing a lengthy file in OpenOffice, while running KDE with full composing effects enabled... and I'm using about half of my 1GB. What use could I possibly have for 4GB?
Apparently you have no use for that much memory. Good for you. It saves you on the cost of buying the memory, plus a it saves you a small bit of electricity that the extra modules would require. Be happy and stick with what works. Some of us, on the other hand, do have a use. I do a bit of large, multi-photo panorama stitching. I found that even 6GB wasn't enough so I've now got 12GB.