On the subject of browsers, have a look at this video: http://www.winrumors.com/man-upgrades-internet-explorer-1-0-to-9-0-video/<redir.aspx?C=d939bdf80e904a93b32778a3c949a48a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.winrumors.com%2fman-upgrades-internet-explorer-1-0-to-9-0-video%2f>. [Take a close look at the search he does at about 8:04. No wonder the flatmate was ‘reluctant’!]
If you have a further 10 minutes try: http://www.winrumors.com/man-upgrades-windows-1-0-to-windows-7-via-every-other-windows-versions/<redir.aspx?C=d939bdf80e904a93b32778a3c949a48a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.winrumors.com%2fman-upgrades-windows-1-0-to-windows-7-via-every-other-windows-versions%2f> Someone has way too much time on their hands but very interesting to watch., <redir.aspx?C=d939bdf80e904a93b32778a3c949a48a&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.winrumors.com%2fman-upgrades-internet-explorer-1-0-to-9-0-video%2f> On 24 March 2011 18:54, Jorke Odolphi <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s an easy answer.. for all those websites that use more than 3GB of > your systems RAM.. J > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ian Thomas > *Sent:* Thursday, 24 March 2011 5:09 PM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* [OT] Why IE9 64-bit? > > > > A Q for Friday. Why would anyone want a 64-bit browser? > > I’m quite content with IE9, and installed the beta some time ago. > Firefox-Opera-CHROME don’t interest me now that IE handles MHT file save and > load better, and I’m inclined to agree with David Connors that browsers > became ho-hum a long time ago (well, that’s my extension of his remarks > about IE and Netscape). > > Just installed the final IE9 release, and the “beautiful” (ugh) website > detected my 64-bit CPU (I assume) so I downloaded the installer stub and > completed the install for the 64-bit version, but I was reminded by that > that both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available/installed (for all the > IE9 releases I have tried). > > afaik 32-bit is loaded by default by Windows 7, and I can’t see that a user > would gain from running the 64-bit version when all 32-bit apps that don’t > use / address more RAM function fine with Win7. > > Anyone? > > ________________________________ > > Ian Thomas > > Victoria Park, Western Australia >
