September 28, 2003
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It All Works!
At A Nice High Speed
Windows 98SE started up with the new setup just as easily as Lindows did yesterday. To prove it, I downloaded the latest version of Mozilla and then deleted Netscape 7.1, which was flaky and annoying. This was written from Mozilla 1.4 through Windows using the high speed connection.
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There are tweaks about for the latest Windows XP 64-bit. (I know it's a leak, but people are experimenting with it.) The tweakers have said that it is far superior - already - to the version of XP currently being used...and - and this is my point in posting this - far faster than any previous version Microsoft has ever produced.
It is based around the AMD64...and, apparently, Mandrake is also producing a 9.2 version based around the very same chip.
I'll get to the point in a moment...
What I am asking you, is where is the market heading now in regard to chips? Are we on the verge of a demise in regard to the Pentium chip? I am wondering this, as that would probably be the only reason why Microsoft would take such a risk if the chip market were moving away from Pentium systems.
What is your take on this, James?
Well, think about it. How long has the basic DOS / Windows type of operating system been based on what is basically a highly modified eight bit microcomputer? Aren't we about due for a major overhaul? If we can't do it in the jump to 64 bit machines, will the dinosaurs survive forever, slightly elaborated to meet new conditions? Or will new operating systems come along to flush the antiques away?
Microsoft is betting they can breathe life into the old design once more and keep going for another five or six years. Eventually their bubble will pop. We are reaching the point where we can do better.
On the other hand, many people barely comprehend what we have now. Pretty soon we're going to lose control completely and machine evolution will start to take place independent of human control. Some say it already does. Perhaps, but not to the extent you'll see in a few decades.
The market? The market and everything else human may be at risk. Smart sand is taking over.