Hello Dan!

19 Aug 09 01:48, you wrote to me:

 RC>>> You will need a 64 bit OS if you want to be able to use all of
 RC>>> your 4gb or more of RAM. It is a law of physics, not a Bill
 RC>>> Gates fantasy.

 DC>> Linux does well with it.

 RC>> Notice how I said "You will need a 64 bit OS"???? I did not
 RC>> specify Windows..

 DC> You are still under the impression that the average user needs that
 DC> kind of computing power.  Just how much more power does it take to
 DC> read this message?  I've been reading FIDO since I owned an 8088
 DC> system with Tandy DOS on it.  Does Vista make it any better?  Hell,
 DC> no. It makes it HARDER!

First off, todays computers, they are making them faster and capacity
fatter because they can, you no longer can walk into any/many retailers and
find hard drives that are under 250gb much less with a PATA interface, the
majority of processors in the computer offerings are multi-core and 4gb or
more is becoming the norm, not the exception.

I find it unlikely that Fidonet is all that you use a computer for and for
your DOS patchwork quilt setup, yes Vista will make it harder, but there
are plenty of apps in the console that continue to work fine if you could
ever muscle the courage to think past 16 bit.

All I said to you was that you were doing yourself an injustice if you took
a 4gb+ equipped machine that had 64 bit OS on it and rolled it back to 32
bit OS.

and before you go saying I drunk the M$ kooliad, 2 of my 3 boxes are Linux.

 RC>> No one in this echo is using in the home environ IBM mainframe

 DC> The point has flown completely over your head.  Your much happier to
 DC> re-invent the wheel because Billy and company want you to.

Technology often tops out and 16 bit is no longer the pinnacle.

==
Ross
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