Re: 64 bit versus 32

lucia greco wrote:
> Hi:
> I just received a new intelli station and had the for sight to check
> that all my apps worked in 64 bit before making the order.
> The one thing I forgot was drivers.
> The scanner that system is meant to drive does not have 64 bit drivers.
> Could any one put me in touch with our IBM rep to see about getting the 32
> bit O.S F for this system.
> I can't believe that a bran new high speed scanner doesn't have 64 bit but
> canon said they weren't even thinking of drivers any time soon.

We've discussed 64-bit vs. 32-bit computing before. Even if you
had 64-bit drivers for your scanner I would recommend against
going 64-bit unless you need the address space. You won't see
any speed increase.

Jon Forrest

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Received on Thu Jun 22 12:30:10 2006