>>>>>wow, I guess I need to work overtime to start saving for this type of laptop! :). What would be the advantages of using the 64 bit OS?
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>>>>>Thanks.
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>>>>32 bit can only address 3gig ram.... 64 bit basically unlimited
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>>>At least that's what it seems to be like *now*. Back when 32-bit was introduced, 4GB limit seemed essentially unlimited.
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>>>It's a weird feeling when you look at a cell phone today and realize that you've probably got more computing capacity in your hand than what you had sitting on your desk only 20 years ago...
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>>even only a dozen years ago - Win98 was current for all not already on to NT.
>>A PC had 64 or 128 MB, as W98 would run into problems around 750 MB in the next century...
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>Speaking of memory capacities... It's amusing to watch early episodes of "Star Trek:The Next Generation" and hear them talk about "kiloquads" of memory (and it seems to be an awful lot of capacity -- in the episode "11001001" some aliens "borrow" the Enterprise so that they can use its computers as backup storage for their computer system on their planet -- which was going to be kocked out by an electromagnetic pulse from a nearby supernova)... A number of years later, by the time "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" and "Star Trek: Voyager" start, common computer capacities are quoted to be "gigaquads". By the end of the run of "Star Trek: Voyager" they're talking about "billions of teraquads" (which brings up the question -- how did they manage to upgrade the ship's computers anyway? It's not as if they could've gone to nearest starbase for upgrade).

The replicator.... :o)