Hi Jim

Frankly I don't know. I can see some gains in the server world but it also seems to me that there'll be a lot of 32-bit RPC and server DLLs that need to be able to run.

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>I'm curious about the following...
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>Why would anyone - even if all the tools were available - rush to 64-bit?
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>I could see potential gains on moves from 8-16 and 16-32 when processors were slow and RAM was small (for both technical and monetary reasons). A 33mhz processor stood to gain significant speed using 32 bits, and I'd suppose it was similar up to the multiple-hundreds of mhz.
>But with processors at multi-Ghz, RAM proliferating, on-chip and on-board cache, PCI/AGP/PCI-X, SATA and SCSI width increases (and HDs now able to vary density to make full use of the outer cylinders capacities) I have to wonder.
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>Your opinion?
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>cheers
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>>I don't see companies blindly moving to 64-bit applications when the tools aren't there.
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>>>I can accept that companies will run with their current 32 bit investments for some time, But all new apps will be developed with 64 bit toolsets - I cant see companies in a 64 Bit world paying top Dollar for 32 Bit applications, least ways not in little old South Africa.