I'm not flailing here. I just don't understand and I'm not afraid to
ask apparently ignorant questions. Keep in mind that I'm an experienced
computer user, not a tech., so I don't quite understand the whole kernel
level aspects of the discussed feature set.
I have a Vista 64 machine that runs Photoshop CS4 at 64 bit. It runs
Photoshop 7 at 32 bit. It even runs older apps at 16 bit, I think. So
even though the OS is 64 bit, and I realize that means I can run 64 bit
apps., it doesn't limit my running whatever I want, right? And I don't
have to reboot to a 32 bit environment to do it.
Is the discussion revolving around a supposed engineering advantage of
being able to boot to a 32 bit environment to run older apps.? Wouldn't
it be better to boot at 64 bit and have the OS use 32 bit 'natively'
when it needs to without having to restart? This appears to be what
Vista 64 is doing.
Feel free to point out my ignorance. I'm just trying to understand.
And it may help to clarify the discussion for all.
Mark
Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
Ah, but most of us on this list know the issues (or know who to ask).
This is/was a discussion of a design issue, not the merits of 32-bit vs.
64-bit.
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