[BBLISA] 64-bit Tablet PC and Windows?

[Eddy Harvey]

Ahhh.  :-)  

Even though it's what the user wants, sometimes it's the job of IT to inform
them that their wants are based on bad info.  I think it's safe to
just-be-sure, that they know, that 64bit os will only matter if there's an
application requiring more than 3G ram in a single process.  Such as matlab
with a huge job, or some other engineering application with a huge job in
it.

It is almost always more cost effective to have a PC with high memory, and
supply remote access to it from the portable.

Furthermore, there are a bunch of applications out there that can't run on
the 64bit os.  Well, not too many.  But I can specifically name the print
driver & config utility for a Dell mfp 1615dn multifunction
printer/scanner/fax.  Incompatible with 64bit os.  There must be other
similar stuff that won't work.



-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Ehrlich [mailto:scott at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:32 AM
To: Eddy Harvey
Cc: bblisa at bblisa.org
Subject: RE: [BBLISA] 64-bit Tablet PC and Windows?

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Eddy Harvey wrote:

> Mmmmm...   This doesn't sound like a winning battle to me.
>
> Which leads me to question why you want it.  You only need a 64bit OS 
> if you're going to have more than 3G of ram (and even then, you only 
> need 64bit OS if one particular application will use more than 3G of ram).
>
> Are you really going to do this in a tablet?

It is what the user wants, and they are technically knowledgeable. 
They've already done a lot of research - I'm just helping to augment the
cause ;-)

Thanks.

Scott

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On 
> Behalf Of Andrew D. Fant
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:52 PM
> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> Subject: Re: [BBLISA] 64-bit Tablet PC and Windows?
>
> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>> I am looking for a true 64-bit tablet PC and either 64-bit Tablet 
>> Edition of Windows XP or 64-bit Windows XP that can hopefully support 
>> tablet capability.
>>
>> The purchase cannot wait for Vista.
>>
>> Granted this is a more UNIX-based list, at least a lead for 
>> recommended hardware would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> What are people's recommendations/suggestions/pointers/leads?
>
> I've always said that if you can't find it on NewEgg or Pricewatch, 
> you obviously don't need it.  Pricewatch can get you some seriously 
> scary vendors, but most of them are fine, and I've never had a problem 
> with NewEgg (though I only use them for personal stuff)
>
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