“Windows Vista will come in a multitude of flavours: six at the last count. And it’s said that all of these, bar the starter edition, will come with the added 64-bit support needed for modern CPUs – but the 64-bit versions will be completely different installable builds,” Dean Pullen reports for The Inquirer.
“The 64-bit installation will come with a 32-bit emulation layer called WOW (Window on Windows, and nothing to do with orcs and elves) which will, as you can probably guess, allow you to run your old 32-bit apps on your shiny new 64-bit Vista, via emulation. 32-bit hardware drivers will not work,” Pullen reports.
“There will be just one version of workstation-based Leopard (plus an accompanying server edition), and it will come with 64-bit and full non-emulated 32-bit support,” Pullen reports.
Pullen reports, “Starting with Xcode 2.4, the OSX Universal binary format has been extended to support 32-bit and 64-bit for both PPC and Intel processors inside the same file, giving OSX quad universal binaries. Users don’t have to choose between processor architectures nor 32-bit or 64-bit processors, either at the OS or application layers, it’s all abstracted away from them – as it should be.”
“Note that the non-emulated support in OSX is for applications and drivers. 32-bit programs on Vista 64 need to work on WOW emulation to run in Vista, and 32-bit drivers are a no-no. Lack of driver support is the main reason Windows XP x64 hasn’t been widely adopted, and why the Vista fudge will ensure hardware incompatibilities between the two Windows versions remain for sometime to come,” Pullen reports. “This is quite a boon for OSX, and one that should be highlighted frequently and often.”
Full article here.
Where does all the R&D money spent at Microsoft go? Balmer certainly doesn’t spend in on Anti-Perspirant, or maybe he does, which is far more disturbing.
Six flavors?
1. Putrid
2. Rank
3. Rancid
4. Fetid
5. Moldy
6. Just plain rotten
Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!! DEVELOPERS!!!
Well its Monday morning and another day at MDN where the propoganda is the same, Windows s*cks and Mac OS X is clearly superior.
It’s the truth of course, but it doesn’t have to consume our lives. Only abot 1000 people visit this site daily and that’s not really doing anything to transform the Windows only landscape to something else like OS X.
I’m leaving.
News headline: 1 January 2010 – Microsoft has filed for bankruptcy protection due to the lack of interest and purchase of its bloated and constantly outdated operating system. It appears that it copy machine leases have run out and it can longer copy any of Apple’s life saving functions or operations.
Well, we can hope!
MDN = well.
1st?
So why are people waiting, barely able to contain their excitment like a 7 yr old on Christmas Eve for Vista? Oh that’s right they aren’t.
Either MS is pulling the biggest Rope-a-Dope in human history or this thing is gonna suck so bad it’ll make Microsoft Bob seem like a good idea.
Unfortunately, I see the potential for M$ to spin this, sazing something like, “We are way out ahead, requiring 64 bit… while the competittion sometimes still has to use the ‘old’ way.”
I like seeing journalists use the word no-no in regard to Microsoft.
Reality Checkmate,
The world needs it pounded into them. Too many people still think Windows *is* a computer, and a computer without Windows doesn’t exist. They need a lesson, and MDN is providing the information.
If you see a dinosaur charging for a cliff, all you can do is get out of it’s way…and maybe film it.
Reality Checkmate:
Uhhh…you did know the name of this site was Mac Daily News, right?
Don’t let the doorknob hit you on your way out.
That’s, right. I forgot that MS has six opportunities to lose money on worthless crap! They must feel proud. I, for one, prefer one all-encompassing OS. Hmm, OS X comes to mind.
I just like to visit this site to feel superior.
gzero,
Ummmm, yeah, I think he know the name of the site. And apparently the “doorknob” that you refer to as hitting him on the way out is the door to your room. Upstairs. In your mom’s house.
I think his point was that there are too many Mac-happy, Steve Job’s boxer sniffing losers who live here just to see themselves post and look cool to the geekbud sexless pals, who are in the same boat. His point was well made. Lighten the f**k up.
Reality Checkmate:
The above article was not written by MDN. It was supplied to MDN from outside sources or provided by their in-house staff. It’s a News service, after all. So, if you don’t want to read the MS bashing – don’t read the MDN Take or the comments sections. It’s that simple.