On 13.05.2010 19:30, MCBastos wrote: --- Original Message ---
> Interviewed by CNN on 13/5/2010 15:20, Jay told the world: >> I found a good deal on a Win7 Premium 64-Bit machine and wondering >> about SM running on it and Flash Player. There is no 64-Bit Flash >> Player yet and wondering if SM will fit the bill both on 64-Bit and >> Flash ... > > You can run the 32-bit Seamonkey (the one that's actually available, you > know) in 64-bit Windows with no problem. It will use the 32-bit Flash > player. > > Actually, that's true for most applications. Only a few apps have 64-bit > native versions, and those tend to be very memory-hungry apps, like > Photoshop, which will benefit from having more than 4Gb RAM all to > themselves. And most of them will offer to install both the 32-bit and > the 64-bit versions in parallel, so you can use the 64-bit one when you > need lots of RAM and the 32-bit one when you need compatibility. > (MS-Office is an exception: you have to choose either the 32-bit or the > 64-bit version. Unless you are an Excel jockey with a really humongous > spreadsheet, you are better off staying with the 32-bit one for the time > being). > > Even Internet Exploder comes in two versions in Vista/7 64bit: a native > 64-bit one and a 32-bit one. Most people use only the 32-bit one, > because it is compatible with Flash and other plugins. > Thanks, it's the wife's new computer, no Office will be installed, doesn't need it. Mostly just browsing and email and she's pretty handy with Seamonkey .. thanks -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape/Flock Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Flock - Thunderbird _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
