64-bit version in the works?

rem · 04-25-2005, 10:24 PM

now that microsoft and apple are releasing 64-bit versions of their operating systems, are there plans anytime soon to port MA and MAT over?

Jim Sachs · 04-25-2005, 11:11 PM

What would the advantages be?

feldon34 · 04-26-2005, 08:39 AM

64-bit refers to the amount of memory that can be addressed. It has nothing to do with the quality, graphics, or performance of a product.

cjmaddy · 04-26-2005, 09:40 AM

From ZDNetWeek ...

64-bit Windows, many years from now.
Will you deploy it, will you enjoy it, when it's 64?
http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.ne...06637/63049/0/

rem · 04-26-2005, 11:01 AM

i'm just thinking that it may not run on windows 64, as i have found out with some programs, even though microsoft did it so that it would run 32-bit programs.

Jim Sachs · 04-26-2005, 11:55 AM

It'll run fine.

feldon34 · 04-26-2005, 12:32 PM

Here's some useful statistics:
http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/...91853-3,00.htm

38 percent of the total desktop installed base is currently running Windows 2000
32.5 percent are on Windows XP
26 percent still use unsupported versions of Windows including 95, NT 4 and ME
2 percent employ MacOS
1.5 percent have Linux clients

Michael Babin · 04-28-2005, 10:26 PM

Color me skeptical as to the figures on "total desktop installed base." First, what does the term mean (what are we trying to count)? Second, who did the counting? Third, how was the counting done? I don't see any reference to the source of this information, so it's impossible to check the figures, much less how those figures were derived. Am I missing a reference somewhere in the article?

I think the figures may have been included in the article to help make the point that there are a significant number of Windows machines that are running versions of Windows older than XP (and the difficulty for users of those machines to upgrade to Longhorn), but just throwing some numbers in to seem more authoritative actually has the opposite effect if the numbers can't be explained.

Sorry for the rant. Sloppy journalism is a pet peeve of mine. If you hadn't already noticed.

04-25-2005, 10:24 PM	#1
rem Registered Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: southern ca, usa Posts: 13	64-bit version in the works? now that microsoft and apple are releasing 64-bit versions of their operating systems, are there plans anytime soon to port MA and MAT over? another tang

04-25-2005, 11:11 PM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	What would the advantages be? Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-26-2005, 08:39 AM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	64-bit refers to the amount of memory that can be addressed. It has nothing to do with the quality, graphics, or performance of a product. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-26-2005, 09:40 AM	#4
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Windows 64-bit reviewed. From ZDNetWeek ... 64-bit Windows, many years from now. Will you deploy it, will you enjoy it, when it's 64? http://newsletters.zdnetuk.cneteu.ne...06637/63049/0/

04-26-2005, 11:01 AM	#5
rem Registered Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: southern ca, usa Posts: 13	i'm just thinking that it may not run on windows 64, as i have found out with some programs, even though microsoft did it so that it would run 32-bit programs. another tang

04-26-2005, 11:55 AM	#6
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	It'll run fine. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-26-2005, 12:32 PM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Here's some useful statistics: http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/...91853-3,00.htm 38 percent of the total desktop installed base is currently running Windows 2000 32.5 percent are on Windows XP 26 percent still use unsupported versions of Windows including 95, NT 4 and ME 2 percent employ MacOS 1.5 percent have Linux clients "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-28-2005, 10:26 PM	#8
Michael Babin Mac Development Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rowlett, Texas Posts: 199	Color me skeptical as to the figures on "total desktop installed base." First, what does the term mean (what are we trying to count)? Second, who did the counting? Third, how was the counting done? I don't see any reference to the source of this information, so it's impossible to check the figures, much less how those figures were derived. Am I missing a reference somewhere in the article? I think the figures may have been included in the article to help make the point that there are a significant number of Windows machines that are running versions of Windows older than XP (and the difficulty for users of those machines to upgrade to Longhorn), but just throwing some numbers in to seem more authoritative actually has the opposite effect if the numbers can't be explained. Sorry for the rant. Sloppy journalism is a pet peeve of mine. If you hadn't already noticed.