Ok, Actually in this case, Windows Apps (tasks) are exec'ed in a
windows-on-windows session (And its called WOW) that is in 32bit mode. This is
sort of like "windows95 compatable mode "WOW" under NT/XP. Of course the 64
bit version of windows is Windows Server 2003... ( 64-bit hardware for what
essentially continues to be a 2 bit OS - one bit for reset, one to disable
interrupts... hmmm I guess they really do need more bits) :-)
I can't help but add that "WOW" has to be one of the more extremely annoying
terms (to say the least) even by MS "standards" - noting that BSOD is not an
official abbreviation!
--- John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6 Jun 2005, at 8:00, Tim Lomas wrote:
>
> > For information, I am running OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 very happily on Windows
> XP
> > Home running on an AMD 64 ... installed from the standard Windows binary.
>
> My understanding is that the Athlon 64 runs as a 32-bit processor when
> the operating system is Windows, unless you have the beta of XP64 or
> Longhorn. Ditto if you are using a 32-bit distro of Linux. However, there is
> a
> 64-bit Linux that you can install instead right now.
>
> So, as a generalization, until Windows is 64-bit, there is no point to a 64-
> bit port of OpenOffice.org/Windows. Linux users might be able to benefit
> today, however.
Rob Winchester
OpenOffice
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away."
- Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not
being able to keep up with software demands
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