[BBLISA] 64-bit Tablet PC and Windows?

Scott Ehrlich scott at MIT.EDU
Thu Dec 14 10:32:16 EST 2006


On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Eddy Harvey wrote:

> Mmmmm...   This doesn't sound like a winning battle to me.
>
> Which leads me to question why you want it.  You only need a 64bit OS if
> you're going to have more than 3G of ram (and even then, you only need 64bit
> OS if one particular application will use more than 3G of ram).
>
> Are you really going to do this in a tablet?

It is what the user wants, and they are technically knowledgeable. 
They've already done a lot of research - I'm just helping to augment the 
cause ;-)

Thanks.

Scott

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On Behalf
> Of Andrew D. Fant
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:52 PM
> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> Subject: Re: [BBLISA] 64-bit Tablet PC and Windows?
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> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>> I am looking for a true 64-bit tablet PC and either 64-bit Tablet
>> Edition of Windows XP or 64-bit Windows XP that can hopefully support
>> tablet capability.
>>
>> The purchase cannot wait for Vista.
>>
>> Granted this is a more UNIX-based list, at least a lead for
>> recommended hardware would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> What are people's recommendations/suggestions/pointers/leads?
>
> I've always said that if you can't find it on NewEgg or Pricewatch, you
> obviously don't need it.  Pricewatch can get you some seriously scary
> vendors, but most of them are fine, and I've never had a problem with NewEgg
> (though I only use them for personal stuff)
>
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