Oh believe me. I used to format my windows machine once every 6-10
months, and every time i'd throw 64 bit windows on and evry time it
would fail, and every time I'd complain.
Now my boss is trying to sell a 22 inch laptop for his low vision
clients, and we have to hack them every time, because guess what? It
doesn't ship with even an option on a 32 bit OS.
Eventually the lack of support will start hurting sales, and progress
will be made on all fronts, but for now I think the best thing to do
is be patient. It was a year or two before even mainstream 64 bit
support was viable, so even though I think it's a really important
issue and I personally am not on the inside and therefore don't see it
being addressed properly, I know it will get there. I just don't know
whether it will get here in time.
Best,
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
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On 14-Aug-08, at 6:01 AM, Don H wrote:
Please write a Email directly to Doug at GW and express your
wishes. I have several times and he is tired of hearing from me.
----- Original Message -----
From: erik burggraaf
To: Don H
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: 64 bit OS
Hi, I've been lamenting this for 3 years or more now, and spent tens
of hours trying to get it to work, but it just will have none. Soon
it will be impossible to buy a 32 bit OS. Not tomorrow, but maybe
as early as this time next year. None of the competition is making
strides toward 64 bit either as far as I know. Even NVDA is
compiled for 32 bit, though it should fly very nicely on a 64 bit os.
We might be switching platforms to get current spec very soon. I
know I love my 64 bit intel macbook, and I'm going to download
another ubuntoo image if there is an update to see if they fixed the
bug in the installer of the last one I got. I'm already advocating
switch from windows, although it's not for every one. We'll be
forced into it though if we don't get 64 bit access soon.
Best,
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
Assistive Computing LTD Support and training
Sales department: 888-828-2445
Support and Training: 888-255-5194
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website coming soon
On 13-Aug-08, at 5:32 PM, Don H wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that if you are looking for a new computer
from the big box stores that it is becoming difficult to find a
laptop or desktop that is not running a 64 bit operating system. I
have always been a Dell person but in todays world don't see the
benefit of building one from Dell since there support is no better
than that from HP which is mostly sold at the big box stores at
about 1/2 the price of the dell. Even the ready made Dells at
places like Best Buy are 64 bit operating systems. I have tried to
encourage Doug to get WE to run on a 64 bit system but it would
seem that this is not a priority item on the to do list.
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