From: Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 64-bit is more than 'another CPU upgrade'. It is going to change a lot of stuff, and along the way upset a lot of people, move a lot of accumulated dust from shelves and generally pick the 'PC' industry up by the nuts and throw it across a room :-).
Well said. Very colourfully said, I might add. :)
To address your concern, btw: I suspect that OS X will have better luck as a "designed for 64-bit" OS than Windows will have "bolting on" 64-bit compatibility. IOW, I think Apple will be quite a bit ahead of MS on that front.
MS will also have greater problems of compatibility. There are millions upon millions of PC users who won't upgrade because they cannot afford (or simply don't want) to lose DOS compatibility. That would be like Apple getting yelled at for losing Apple IIe compatibility.
This is a MUCH bigger factor for MS than it is for Apple, since Apple has already GIVEN us all the "pain" they needed to in the transition to OS X. MS's real "pain" is yet ahead of them -- one of the main reasons Longhorn won't be ready for quite some time.
They do have one real advantage over Apple, however ... namely that THEY make all the main applications people use on PCs, ergo the transition to 64-bit Office is probably going to be a LOT smoother for them than, say, the transition to Quark 6 has been for some of us. :)
_Chas_
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