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Pragma · 07-28-2003, 05:51 PM

Well, there have been a fair number of other threads here recently about Linux/BSD/UNIX users, so yea, there's a fair number of us.

As for the G5 being a 64-bit CPU while OSX only is a 32-bit OS, it's not the first time it's happened. Windows 2000, for example, supported 64-bit memory addressing (allowing it to go up to 8GB of RAM for 2000 Advanced Server, and 32 for Datacenter), and Win2003 server supports even more (512GB RAM for Datacenter 64-bit).

Moving an entire user, development, and hardware community to a 64-bit platform takes time - be it Windows, *n?x, or Macintosh. There really isn't a lot you can do to prepare for this, except hope that developers get on the ball and develop for it.

07-28-2003, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Well, there have been a fair number of other threads here recently about Linux/BSD/UNIX users, so yea, there's a fair number of us. As for the G5 being a 64-bit CPU while OSX only is a 32-bit OS, it's not the first time it's happened. Windows 2000, for example, supported 64-bit memory addressing (allowing it to go up to 8GB of RAM for 2000 Advanced Server, and 32 for Datacenter), and Win2003 server supports even more (512GB RAM for Datacenter 64-bit). Moving an entire user, development, and hardware community to a 64-bit platform takes time - be it Windows, n?x, or Macintosh. There really isn't a lot you can* do to prepare for this, except hope that developers get on the ball and develop for it. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!