Hello Nick,
no one forcing you to buy a new PC and DMD will continue to support
32bit for a long time, I presume. but you cannot force people who did
buy a new PC in the last few *years* to be limited to your old
ancient hardware.
A *few* years is not nearly a long as most people in the tech sector
would like to believe (And one hell of a far cry from "ancient").
Something that's only a few years old is still very useful, as well it
*should* be. If you feel like you have to replace a machine every
couple of years, you're wasting your money. (I'm using the general
"you" here, not *you* specifically.) It's just an example of this
society's rampant over-consumerism (ie, the so-called "consumer
whore") and ever-decreasing pragmatism.
Although your manner tends toward aggressive here, you have some very good
points. :)
Our society is indeed caught up in over-consumerisim. A 64-bit port will
appear eventually because of demand. For a few people the need will be a
valid one; but for most, the port will only satisfy the ever-growing /perception/
of the need, rather than the need itself. For consumers, this has been how
the computer industry has operated for awhile.
Incidentally, I'm still using my Compaq Presario X1000 laptop (Pentium M
1.4 GHz) which is probably close to 6 years old now. I've updated certain
aspects of it and fixed it a couple of times. Amazingly it keeps running...
and performs quite well for my needs. But... I do recall the days when I
used to throw money at computer upgrade after computer upgrade... probably
every year. For me, that was a huge waste of money, and I look back in horror
at my spending practice. For businesses, I imagine annual upgrades might
be a necessity, however.
-JJR
