Hi, Well, it is the direction where most hardware and software developers are heading long term. Someone just e-mailed me and made me aware of Microsoft's intention to release a 32-bit version of Windows 8, but even if that is true that's not what we are seeing in terms of new PCs though.
I just went laptop hunting at all the major U.S. stores Office Depot, Office Max, Staples, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart and every desktop and laptop I saw out on the shelves were 64-bit systems running Windows 7 Home Premium.It seems to me to be pretty obvious what we can expect in terms of new software and hardware over the next five years or so. Even if Microsoft produces windows 8 for older 32-bit systems its not going to be shipping on new computers. The 32-bit version of Windows will be primarily for those wishing to upgrade existing systems released in the last two years or so before everything switched over to 64-bit. Not only that, but there are technical advantages of using a true 64-bit processor. Its not something you--the end user---will notice but from a programming standpoint I can add more realism to a game like Raceway.Since I have to use realistic physics in Raceway to simulate driving and racing a car I can use 64-bit specific data types like the long double to get the highest accuracy possible when doing calculations. As I said its probably not something you would likely notice, but it will be more accurate regardless. As a developer I like getting the highest degree of precision and accuracy possible. It makes games like that even more realistic and fun knowing I did my best to simulate reality. Cheers! On 10/8/11, reinhard stebner <[email protected]> wrote: > This is great news. I am glad to see the direction you are going with this. > I went 64 bit last fall with a similar reasoning. Thank you for > communicating your direction. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
