Bloody Aria Technology....

[AtW]

My company got Action pack that entitles to 10 OS licenses, plus one more dev license for small companies developing stuff using M$ tools.

I might give 64-bit windows a go, my stuff likes memory and memory management is bad on windows - bloody .NET thing tells me its out of memory when trying to allocate like 200-300 MB with 2 GB box (+ 2 GB swap) and at least 1.2 GB free, its gotto be fragmentation issue or just system cache uses more memory so big alloc fails, either way its totally pissing me off - I hope 64-bit version is a lot better in this respect, plus I can put into more RAM, its pretty cheap these days.

[mcquiggd]

That's the point Alexei... wasn't much point going above 2 gigs with XP...

Corsair DDR 2 is cost effective.


I have to say I think x64 is very stable. I have run it without a swap file and it behaves perfectly. And quickly.

The 64 bit XP PCs at work seem fine too. As you say, legacy drivers are the sticking point. In my situation everything such printer, scanner, etc, is run off the Domain Controller which is Windows 2003 Enterprise.

[AtW]

I think I will put 64-bit version onto my servers, and probably dual boot for dev PC - servers need basic driver support so it should fit the bill. Vista is supposed to be much better at memory management.

[mcquiggd]

Vista x64 beta 2 is available .

Vista is another one of the reasons I went for a new workstation...

[mcquiggd]

P.S... Alexei... here's your next PC....

[AtW]

Not too keen on Vista beta - it uses loads of memory and XP in my view does just fine, I know Vista will have better 64-bit support but I am not prepared to bother trying it just now, will put Win XP 64 on my next server and see how it goes.

[TwinGoldDaleks]

We have heard enough. Take this to technical or be ex-ter-min-at-ed.

[mcquiggd]

Use Windows 2003 Server x64... not XP x64...

[mcquiggd]

Mmm... I wonder if we could upgrade a dalek from the 286 it has for a brain...

[AtW]

Use Windows 2003 Server x64... not XP x64...

What makes its so much better? Its still Windows NT, probably less lightweight than XP kernel - I only tried Server 2003 once and had impression it was heavier than necessary, IMO, no need in it unless you have more than 4 cores/cpus because XP is limited on that front.