Why I mentioned desktop applications is that currently the trend has been
to replace old 32-bit intel/amd processors in desktop use. And most
desktop apps are written in systems programming languages. You can hardly
buy any non-64-bit capable processor from any pc store these days. The
people are getting crap that they don't need.
The same thing happens with digital cameras. In cameras the pixel count
of sensors is growing even though the image quality stays the same. A
good quality 4 MPix camera is much better than a cheap 15 MPix pocket
camera. Even the forementioned 4 MPix pic resized to 2 MPix and stored in
jpg format might look better than the original 15 MPix one in raw format.
They just keep pushing the limits to sell larger and larger storage media.
You'd probably be pissed to hear about microsoft creating a 128-bit OS
and intel designing 128-bit processors.
