Talk:64-bit computing/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Current 64-bit microprocessor architectures

Is this list supposed to list 64-bit ISAs or implementations of 64-bit ISAs? It looks like it might need some tweaking and I don't want to delete the wrong content. Rilak (talk) 09:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Modern games and 64-bit

Do modern PC games take advantage of 64-bit computing? (such as Crysis, World of Warcraft, Runescape, Cod4, etc.) Is it a good idea to get 64-bit computer if you're going to be primarily gaming?

What about 3D rendering and Photoshop. Does 64-bit speed up applying those "effects" in Photoshop that take forever on a very large image?

Can we get some PRACTICAL answers rather than this scientific jargon? This is an encyclopedia after all!

Thanks, --Zybez (talk) 06:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Decimal digits

Maybe I missed it, but many general readers will want to translate/understand 64-bits in terms of decimal digits, which is what they know (20 if my math is correct) ...--Billymac00 (talk) 05:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Archiving

Does anyone object to me setting up automatic archiving for this page using MizaBot? Unless otherwise agreed, I would set it to archive threads that have been inactive for 60 days.--Oneiros (talk) 13:02, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

General discussion for bit size??

This appears to be among the most extensive of the bit size articles, it would be good to put the general arguments for all bit sizes into one mother article, with specific stories about specific machines and technology histories for each bit size. For example, PCs and minis all tripped over the 64k barrier in the 1980s, while PCs were transitioning to 64 bit processors but not yet 64 bit operating systems as of 2009. Bachcell (talk) 20:01, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

PCs are still transitioning to 32-bit operating systems, and will be forever. Some people even go back to 16-bit. You could say we're "transitioning" forever. On the other hand, my PC got a 64-bit OS as of 2003. People still running 32-bit are just lame. 72.40.152.209 (talk) 06:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Pros and cons again

I think the last paragraph in the Pros and cons section needs to goor be reworded. It is simply not true that most proprietary software is 32bit only while open-source/risc has been using this for years, there is a great deal of proprietary software available in 64-bit varieties today. It is also quite clearly an attempt to put in a jab at proprietary software. Threesevenths (talk) 20:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I've changed the last paragraph slightly so as to be less biased towards open-source software. Xtremerandomness (talk) 18:23, 29 December 2009 (UTC)