ebolamonkey wrote:Vista 64 makes me nauseous.
Then wait for Windows 7
BazC wrote: So if a 32 bit app is writing to hard drive a lot it will be slower than a 64 bit app that can write all data into RAM. This is because RAM is much faster than any existing hard drive.
Yes, but you still have to transfer the working data FROM hard disk to RAM, and this is purely hard disk speed dependant. So no improvements there.
The only improvement is when using large sample libraries, you can load them whole in the large amount of RAM you will be able to have. BUT, it still takes time to load the samples from the hard drive! And it's still quite slow today. But, solid state drives are soon to be mainstream and this will be remedied.
Also, 64-bit apps can ONLY be slower if they weren't ORIGINALLY written for 64-bit system. This happens when wrapping 32-bit applications to run on 64-bit system - conversions take time.
Last edited by EvilDragon (19-02-2009 13:35)
Hard work and guts!