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Hey! Just what we need!
I know I'm taking the risk of joining those that said 640K memory was more than we would ever need at the dinner table, but it sure looks like an opportunity for desktops not only to idle faster, but with more unused memory and a wider data path.

While the 64 bit may be just the thing for the next generation Play Station, the general-purpose desktop computer doesn't appear to be headed in that direction for now. My home machines are 1 and 2.4 gHz respectively and the office is about a 750 mHz Dell. All are vastly overpowered, instantaneously responding, and even more overpowered than a couple of years ago. I have zero - total zero - local clients, other than office suite, at the office. Every single application is web-based, as contrasted to two to three years ago when the desktop was sharing some of the computing load. My disk drives are now in the 1-200 gB range, while actual usage on my main home computer is less than 8 gB, annd that's because I have some old stuff just not cleaned off.

Moore's law is pushing out the hardware at a rapid clip, but the trend I see in usage is in the opposite direction. I'm trying not to be a Luddite, but whatever is this for?
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Oh, right, the Gatesian "vision thingie" again. Talk is cheap.  dicktaurus@... | 05/04/04
It's not just about need  NemesisNL | 05/04/04
so why so long?  stephen732@... | 05/04/04
Oh please,  NemesisNL | 05/05/04
Perhaps MS is more asleep than they realize?  Still Lynn | 05/05/04
MS and 64 bit computing  Louis Ross Focke | 05/05/04
Naw....  Northwolf | 05/05/04
Huh?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/05/04
Well.....  Northwolf | 05/05/04
Hey! Just what we need!  IT_User | 05/04/04
Hey! Just what we need!  mbraincell@... | 05/04/04
what you need is a Mac G5 -nt  stephen732@... | 05/04/04
Billy himself once said, "640K was enough for anything!" Ah, the vision...  dicktaurus@... | 05/04/04
And  PA-ITGuy | 05/05/04
Faster trojans  Chad_z | 05/04/04
Once again only thinking about the office  toadlife | 05/04/04
Acknowledged, but  IT_User | 05/04/04
Yep  toadlife | 05/04/04
Could be worse...  NemesisNL | 05/05/04
Sure do  PA-ITGuy | 05/05/04
Freecell?  beepster | 05/05/04
Is Gates for real?  Tim Patterson | 05/04/04
What's the problem?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/04/04
unfortunately...  Michael Kelly | 05/04/04
Just us folk  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/05/04
OK, let's reset the numbers...  Cardinal_Bill | 05/04/04
BG and 64-bit computing  michael-t | 05/04/04
Drivers For 64-bit XP  ParadigmOdyssey | 05/04/04
Windows actually has APPLICATIONS-FUNCTIONALITY  Enterprise Analyst | 05/04/04
**DISCLAIMER - I THIS IS A FUTILE POST FOR HUMOR!**  Linux User 147560 | 05/04/04
But sureley  NemesisNL | 05/05/04
64bit XP  epohs | 05/05/04
D A E M O N again writes a post that has nothing to do with the article!  CobraA1 | 05/05/04
Still Waiting on MS  nucrash | 05/05/04
Contradiction  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/05/04
Big Opportunity to make MS pay.  systemcleaner | 05/04/04
What a Visionary!!  Eggs Ackley_z | 05/05/04
You folks aren't connecting the dots.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Yup  CobraA1 | 05/05/04
No such thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Call it what you like  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/05/04
But, it doesn't do...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Such as what?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/05/04
That seems kind of silly...  Patrick Jones | 05/05/04
Not really - OSX as an example  j.m.galvin | 05/05/04
Maybe..  Patrick Jones | 05/05/04
You're probably right  j.m.galvin | 05/05/04
Huh? What cost are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Back at cha'  Patrick Jones | 05/05/04
Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
I don't agree  Patrick Jones | 05/05/04
I've heard the same argument for years.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Comparing apples to oranges  Patrick Jones | 05/05/04
Those are two HUGE markets by themselves.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Possibly.. (No_Axe)  Patrick Jones | 05/05/04
I'm with you...  rinaldo | 05/05/04
I assume  reedjjjr | 05/05/04
No, it will run in less.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
Gives new meaning to "BLOATWARE," M$ fanboy!  dicktaurus@... | 05/05/04
Taurus, your "group therapy" is not working.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/05/04
20%?  PA-ITGuy | 05/05/04
If you use Mandrake 10...  rinaldo | 05/05/04
doh!  PA-ITGuy | 05/05/04
Public statements by BillG...  FederalistPaperBoy | 05/05/04
And in other news, Microsoft kills Palladium  B.O.F.H. | 05/05/04

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