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to: Robert Comer
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2006-11-19 17:00:20
subject: Re: 64-bit anyone

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I played with RC2 when I was building this PC now I'm about ready to set up
a dual-boot XP/Vista setup  ( XP already installed ).  - keeping fingers
crossed that the Vista boot manager won't become a boot mangler.



"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:4560bdb7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I run Ultimate.
>
> --
> Bob Comer 
>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:456075b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Which Vista?  ;-)
>>
>>
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:45606490$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Vista runs just fine in less than 1G...
>>>
>>> It's true it takes more machine than XP did, but XP takes more machine
>>> than W2K does, as W2K takes machine than NT4 ...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:455ff848{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge">
>>>> wrote in
>>>> message news:455dc888{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>>> There's bugger all diff till you get to large memory
requirements.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have a large (many GB) database you want to
operate on in RAM?
>>>>> Are you doing nuclear simulation or rendering massive
graphics files?
>>>>
>>>> Well vista want's 2 gig just to run acceptably, if you run
the beta of
>>>> the
>>>> next version of windows you probably need 64 bit just to
load the damn
>>>> graphics driver..
>>>>
>>>> Geo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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