Windows XP x64 Edition - coming tomorrow

16TB of page file baby!

Hopefully Microsoft will be releasing a trial version soon, they've had x64 Edition up for download for a good year and a half now, it's certainly come a long way since back then when AMD first launched their AMD64 line of CPUs, which Intel have now cloned into their Pentiums. Finally we can get the Windows desktop PC over to 64-bits.

And before the Apple fanboys start going on about them already having a 64-bit OS (which they don't even Tiger - which isn't out yet only has some 64-bit extentions). Microsoft had one long before you - this new one is just to support AMD64 and Intel's clone. So don't even bother trying to start, oh and we can actually manage backwards compatibility something Apple seem to break every 20 minutes.

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Comment from: Hozz [Visitor]
I just want to say something generally about 'Windows XP's out-look and all those new Microsoft's operating systems out-looks, along with designs of all those useless colorfull (sticks-in-the-eye) applications different 'sale managers' of all those small software manufacturers try to 'marketing'. (I write this maybe even in hope that someone from the Microsoft will (somehow?) notice it, or that someone might bring atention of the Microsoft's people to this text).

It really bother's me. Why do they make program's panels so meaninglessly colorfull - the sole purpose of the program is to execute a desired process the best way there can be, NOT TO: 'ENTERTAIN THE EYE'. All this pop-culture cyber-mumbo-jumbo adaptations of everything regarding computers and all of the branches regarding it, in order to make it more succeptible to the quasi-modernistic morons in this world MAKES ME SICK.

It's like somebody in Microsoft recieved a data that people like that everything is so colorfull and with all those numerous non-sense details. It's wrong - you just make it look complex - make the eye tired of it all - confused with pointelss details.

Program's command panels should be simple (approximately the way they look with Windows 95 and 98). There's no point in making different design (it's stupid). The maximum level of design's usefullnes is reached (with Windows 95: - you've got options, controles, buttons and window which perfectly (e.i. simple and effective) frame the unit of the program itself or its part(s)) - there is no purpose of going further. Tell me - what is the purpose of rounded corner of the window?! OR multi coloured window frame. Moronic.

OK - I know - you can change the settings to "Windows classic", but still there are all sorts of programs which persist on this idiotic concept of "colorfull design". Also - you can't change (or don't want to bother) with those new icons and those little button pictures - all so specifically mild-colored, with wide palete, color-fading - sort-of - GIRLY look...

Program on the outside must look proffesional and to the point; with simple signs which represent functions, and options based on words (not graphical representations). Simple interface. To serve the purpose and leave the eye in peace.
27th June 2005 @ 17:11

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