Re: The new Windows XP, and Longhorn - a mixed bag
- From: "Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 22:05:45 -0400
Hi Ron,
You may find this page interesting.
Windows Longhorn
http://aumha.org/win5/a/longhorn.php
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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/
Ron Hirsch wrote:
> I've been planning on geting a new system around the end
> of this year - a very high end desktop.
>
> I don't play games, and probably the only software that I
> use that can really make use of many of the "new
> featurers" in the new CPU's, and expected new Windows
> versions is Photoshop CS.
> I plan on getting at least 2 GB of RAM, and at least 3
> physical, large hard drives, along with a top end video
> card, and all the usual bells and whilstles
>
> But, I'm getting concerned about the following
>
> A new 64 bit Windows version will need all new drivers
> for everything on my system - and that includes 6
> printers, 3 scanners, and a bunch of other stuff such as
> my Wacom tablet, card readers, numerous USB drives et al.
> While it's probable that the USB drives will work with
> the system directly, the generic drivers are usually the
> pits. And since the scanner was less then 3 years old
> when I first got XP, Canon USA never wrote any drivers
> for it. So I don't stand a prayer on that. I finally
> found XP drivers on the Canon Euro site,but that won't
> happen again in this situation.
> Even if the manufacturers do start to write new 64 bit
> drivers, it'll be a long slow process, and they'll surely
> not write them for devices that are say 4 years old.
>
> And, I still have several important utilities that were
> originally written for Windows 3.1, so they are 16 bit
> programs, and won't run at all under the new 64 bit OS,
> as MS has stated that only 32 and 64 bit programs will be
> supported.
> The bottom line here is that I'll be very reluctant to
> give myself all the headaches that the "new and improved"
> 64 bit hardware and software can offer.
>
> I'll have to decide between the 3 options below
>
> A. Buy my new system with a 32 bit OS such as the lastest
> version of XP Professional (will MS still offer 32 bit
> versions of Windows? I would think they'd have to)
>
> B. Set the system up as a dual boot system, with separate
> physical drives dedicated to a 32 bit OS, and a 64 bit OS
>
> C. Go for the new all new 64 bit OS only, and suffer
> through the lack of drivers et al, and lose some of my
> hardware and software
> Does anyone have any good words of wisdom on all this?
>
> Ron Hirsch
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