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shamrock_uk · 04-18-2006, 08:15 AM

Which is pretty unforgiveable really given how long 64-bit processors have been out. It's only a device driver for heaven's sake! How hard can it be?!

I guess there's not that many people (myself included) who would be prepared to pay for WinXP 64 so they don't bother. Still, it would be nice!

It's not as bad in Linux world but there are still certain binary-only things (like windows codecs) which are 32-bit only and require some monkeying around with to integrate into a 64-bit OS.

I always thought that 32-bit apps should just work under a 64-bit OS - does literally every single thing have to be recompiled as 64-bit?

[ 04-18-2006, 08:20 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

04-18-2006, 08:15 AM	#8
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	Which is pretty unforgiveable really given how long 64-bit processors have been out. It's only a device driver for heaven's sake! How hard can it be?! I guess there's not that many people (myself included) who would be prepared to pay for WinXP 64 so they don't bother. Still, it would be nice! It's not as bad in Linux world but there are still certain binary-only things (like windows codecs) which are 32-bit only and require some monkeying around with to integrate into a 64-bit OS. I always thought that 32-bit apps should just work under a 64-bit OS - does literally every single thing have to be recompiled as 64-bit? [ 04-18-2006, 08:20 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]