Windows 64 will be free

[weaselsan]

Wait til they find out win 64 stands for windows 1964.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Nilsen
My current operating system is named after a cat and I like it.

Its ok for lightweight use, but put it in a corporate environment and you soon find its full of holes.

Oh, and its the nightmare of network admins, you kitty meowws networks to death.

[Roscoroo]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
I look forward to that as well GTo.  And it is coming.  The next major update to DirectX will no longer work on 98 or ME.

OH NOOOOOOOO !!!!

I lov my precious 98se super tweeked version .  (3 yrs on my old gammer no formats or defrags , runs like a Rolls griffin)


I hear longhorn is supposed to be open to your Bios settings also ... Just the perfect place for hackers to come play .. (looks like suicide for your pc to me)

[bunch]

Originally posted by Makarov9
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21760

For owners of Windows XP they can get a free copy of Win64 when it comes out. I'm amazed MS is doing this.

I can beat three word answer to the punch with "retain market share"

[Skuzzy]

Don't sweat it Rosco, you still have at least a year before it happens.

Oh, and it also will not work on Windows 2000 either.  You'll be able to update XP so it can run (install all the .NET stuff).

It will be instersting to see what happens to OpenGL, as it is going to need a major overhaul when Longhorn hits.  The jury is still out on this.

Of course, MS could change thier minds about all of this.  Longhorn has been revamped at least twice so far.  The first iteration would not run on most computers due to the overhead for the desktop (required at least an ATI 9800Pro or faster video card just for the desktop), the second iteration is better, but it still is not final.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Vulcan
Its ok for lightweight use, but put it in a corporate environment and you soon find its full of holes.

Oh, and its the nightmare of network admins, you kitty meowws networks to death.

Don't badmouth mr *****cat panther please, I won't tolerate it

[Nilsen]

There are several GS, just not any other real gaming platforms.

[SunKing]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
Junk?  It gives MS what they have wanted since they first shipped an operating system.  Absolute control over your computer.  Why?
Well, no one knows how to run a computer better than the company that builds and delivers the operating system, right?

This is why they developed the .NET architecture and why they are forcing everyone to it.

Sounds like we need AH2 to run in linux soon.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by SunKing
Sounds like we need AH2 to run in linux soon.

I would like that too. I bet the AH team wont like that extra work tho.

[Siaf__csf]

Wine can handle several windows apps already. I wouldn't be surprised if AH would run on it.

[Nilsen]

Maybe Siaf.

Why don't you try it for us?

[Siaf__csf]

Hmm.. I might..

I've been tempted to reinstall linux.

[Halo]

Skuzzy, I have a P4 upstairs and an Athlon 64 3300+ downstairs.  Both XP Home.  

The CompUSA computer gurus contend the Athlon 64 is a better bet than another Intel P4 32-bit mainly because 64-bit is coming soon.  They also contend Athlon is better chip now than Intel.  That sound right to you?

[Skuzzy]

Anything is better than the Prescott P4's from Intel.  A Northwood on the other hand is a different story.  I have not seen any impressive differences in the performance between a well tuned Northwood and an AMD 64.
I am still waiting for a decent chipset for the AMD 64.  Once that happens, then I will probably invest in it.  Right now, there are just too many issues with the chipsets.
Oh, and AMD's refresh 64 (supports SSE3) is having problems with the Nforce chipsets.  Some incompatibility issue.

Windows 64 does not impress me at all.  Buggy as heck and there really is not much in the way of performance gains.  In fact, many things are being reported as running slower.  Most people attribute this to the Beta versionof Windows, but I am not so sure that is the reason.

[SageFIN]

Originally posted by Siaf__csf
Wine can handle several windows apps already. I wouldn't be surprised if AH would run on it.

Here's something:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98192