It has actual tests which should be repeatable by you the reader, and a fairly detailed technical explanation.
I think some folks just don't want to believe the answer, and really *want* to believe that its really part of an evil plot so they can keep their nerd rage fueled.
I agree, I don't want to listen to a droll conversation, I'd rather read it. =p
Well, the guy explains the fundamental changes in the core OS. It was meant for technical folks.
For instance eliminating the spinlock that was a bottleneck for multicpu operation, and subsequent elimination of coarse grained locking of memory pages.
If you think the OS is just fluff changes...(which I did at first)...then you should watch. If you dont watch - then say its all just fluff - then you are misinformed.
I suppose it would have been better if the primary home entertainment OS couldn't playback entertainment media.
Ignorance and FUD sure looks good, don't it?
It's not like MS wanted the DRM in there... =/
Voice of reason. I dont know where they get that stuff...DRM has been on my machine for a year and a half via the evil vista, and I have encountered it exatly 0 times.
Anyhow if you dont like it, Apple Inc, -----> thataway
Well there are hundreds of developers not having 64-bit version available for long time, take Firefox and Adobe Flash f.e. Even if these work without problems on Windows x64, it doesn't seem like they are in a hurry to work on the 64-bit side. There is a x64 version of Firefox, but it is a inofficial build afaik. With Firefox, you would need to have all add-ons coded for x64 separately too.
Overall I agree with you, but the transition does take time it seems. Many applications don't benefit anything practically from switching to x64. For others even I have noticed speed improvements (like for 7-Zip x64).
What Microsoft needs to do is promote their x64 versions harder, it is Microsoft that can make the change go faster. I hope they do that with Windows 7.
Apps really dont need to be 64 bit unless they use alot of memory.
The current "64 bit OS" just means a larger address space.
The CPU instruction set is still 32bit, and therefore the only advantage to 64 bit really is the the size of available memory. 64 bit only begins to pay off after roughly 4GB
Now, current systems 4GB is the norm (and the limit in most cases). Newer machines use triple channel ram so the base is 6GB. Flash forward 1 year. The norm will be 32GB, 64 bit OS'es will be assumed.
The OS is able to use that RAM even if the apps arent built to use it.
as an aside .NET apps run in native 64 bit mode. Java apps can sort-of, but there is no certified 64 bit JVM that is *fully functional* atm. I think the current one doesnt support Java Web Start
There's nothing to me that I'm really noticing as being "way faster" that I cannot attribute to doing a clean install. Then again, my machine wasn't exactly the slowest machine in the world in the first place.
I do like the explorer changes, though.
Its explained in the video what the enhancements to performance are about, the performance improvments are really more future oriented. Its not really going to be "alot faster" for most of the existing users.
(he also talks about vista compatability mode for drivers, and what it means)
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It has actual tests which should be repeatable by you the reader, and a fairly detailed technical explanation.
I think some folks just don't want to believe the answer, and really *want* to believe that its really part of an evil plot so they can keep their nerd rage fueled.
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Curse PremiumThat was my point.
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Curse PremiumWell, the guy explains the fundamental changes in the core OS. It was meant for technical folks.
For instance eliminating the spinlock that was a bottleneck for multicpu operation, and subsequent elimination of coarse grained locking of memory pages.
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Curse PremiumVoice of reason. I dont know where they get that stuff...DRM has been on my machine for a year and a half via the evil vista, and I have encountered it exatly 0 times.
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Curse PremiumApps really dont need to be 64 bit unless they use alot of memory.
The current "64 bit OS" just means a larger address space.
The CPU instruction set is still 32bit, and therefore the only advantage to 64 bit really is the the size of available memory. 64 bit only begins to pay off after roughly 4GB
Now, current systems 4GB is the norm (and the limit in most cases). Newer machines use triple channel ram so the base is 6GB. Flash forward 1 year. The norm will be 32GB, 64 bit OS'es will be assumed.
The OS is able to use that RAM even if the apps arent built to use it.
as an aside .NET apps run in native 64 bit mode. Java apps can sort-of, but there is no certified 64 bit JVM that is *fully functional* atm. I think the current one doesnt support Java Web Start
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Curse PremiumIts explained in the video what the enhancements to performance are about, the performance improvments are really more future oriented. Its not really going to be "alot faster" for most of the existing users.
(he also talks about vista compatability mode for drivers, and what it means)
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Curse Premiumsometime after you started playing wow
lets see he talks about these among other things:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/Sysinternals/MoreThan64proc.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/BackgroundProcs.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/Device/DeviceExperience/ContainerIDs.mspx
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Curse Premiumhttp://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going%20Deep/Mark-Russinovich-Inside-Windows-7/