When will the 64 bit machines be the new standard?.

[TLC]

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Isn't april considered Quarter 1, not the end of the fiscal year.

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[waffle]

64 bit XP comes out next week. You can already buy 64 bit chips.

[jayboo]

I got an AMD athlon 64 in my laptop, although i have no idea what exactly that means [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] and it has xp. Its a gateway 7405gx. It works very well in my opinion handles 4 tables, pt and game time+ with almost no lag.

[AncientPC]

Like someone else already pointed out, it'll be the new standard in 3-5 years.

[Nfinity]

Last I heard, the next edition of Windows "Longhorn" is supposed to take full advantage of 64bit technology. I think it will be at this point that all other software and hardware will be geared toward it.

[AncientPC]

Here's a decent article on the subject.

[astroglide]

the only reason i care about 64bit intel compatible computing is the ability for servers to address large amounts of memory without using crap like PAE