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Title: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Wolfala on September 22, 2010, 11:21:06 PM: I've been using it for the last year - and apart from having to cobble together a bunch of drivers that work most of the time - its a great OS. Why'd it never catch on?
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Chalenge on September 23, 2010, 05:55:23 AM: Thurott claims its the best OS ever written. :D
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Ghosth on September 23, 2010, 06:42:26 AM: I'm guessing here, but I'd have to say #1 is the driver issue.
#2 there really is not all that much software written to take advantage of 64 bit.
So with a few notable exceptions, there really isn't much advantage to it.
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Skuzzy on September 23, 2010, 08:40:30 AM: Lack of solid driver support and Microsoft really did just cobble it together. Sort of a band-aid OS.

The small footprint of XP really did not warrant going to 64 bit. I still only have a 2GB system at home and with all the video editing I do, I never have a RAM issue. I cannot figure out why people think they need upmteen GB of RAM to run Facebook.
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: mipoikel on September 23, 2010, 08:42:57 AM: Quote from: Skuzzy on September 23, 2010, 08:40:30 AM
I cannot figure out why people think they need upmteen GB of RAM to run Facebook.

Farmville + mafia wars. :cool:
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Skuzzy on September 23, 2010, 08:45:22 AM: Quote from: mipoikel on September 23, 2010, 08:42:57 AM
Farmville + mafia wars. :cool:

I do not know what those are, but I take it they are bloated applications of some type?
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: zack1234 on September 23, 2010, 09:03:59 AM: Don't you have to be odd to use facebook?
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: columbus on September 23, 2010, 04:04:57 PM: wasnt XP64 just Server 2003 64 bit repackaged for the comsumer?
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Fulmar on September 23, 2010, 10:44:07 PM: Quote from: Skuzzy on September 23, 2010, 08:45:22 AM
I do not know what those are, but I take it they are bloated applications of some type?
I believe its my wife's equivalent to smoking.
Title: Re: Hey Skuz - XP64 question
Post by: Tigger29 on September 24, 2010, 04:55:32 PM: (http://cheezfailbooking.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/funny-facebook-farmville-an.png?w=492&h=383)