Comments on: Waking from a 64-bit nightmare http://timtrueman.com/2008/03/30/waking-from-a-64-bit-nightmare/ Everything tech... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:06:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tim Trueman http://timtrueman.com/2008/03/30/waking-from-a-64-bit-nightmare/#comment-60 Tim Trueman Mon, 05 May 2008 21:09:23 +0000 http://timtrueman.com/?p=37#comment-60 I'm running Counter-Strike: Source which is much new than that, but still pretty old compared to COD4. I still haven't tried COD4 to get it to work. It just quits on launch. I've read about people who get it somewhat working and I bet I could too. I finally got voice to work in CS:S, and it turns out the fix was unmuting the mic in Ubuntu was all it took. I’m running Counter-Strike: Source which is much new than that, but still pretty old compared to COD4. I still haven’t tried COD4 to get it to work. It just quits on launch. I’ve read about people who get it somewhat working and I bet I could too. I finally got voice to work in CS:S, and it turns out the fix was unmuting the mic in Ubuntu was all it took.

]]> By: heri http://timtrueman.com/2008/03/30/waking-from-a-64-bit-nightmare/#comment-59 heri Mon, 05 May 2008 19:51:51 +0000 http://timtrueman.com/?p=37#comment-59 the most interesting part for me was when you mentioned running COD4 on your box. so did it worked or not? (CounterStrike doesn't count, it's a 8/10 years video game) the most interesting part for me was when you mentioned running COD4 on your box. so did it worked or not?
(CounterStrike doesn’t count, it’s a 8/10 years video game)

]]> By: Tim Trueman http://timtrueman.com/2008/03/30/waking-from-a-64-bit-nightmare/#comment-46 Tim Trueman Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:22:52 +0000 http://timtrueman.com/?p=37#comment-46 The transition between 9 and 10 was...abrupt at best, however both were still 32-bit, there was no 64-bit transition between them. The fragmentation was a real issue because I had zero free space and I don't know any operating system that can solve that. Apple did move to 64-bit painlessly. In fact I can't even tell you which version of OS X actually did it for me. I never even noticed and I'm pretty technical. Vista on the other hand actually requires the user to explicitly pick one or the other. The average user has to know something technical, which is a terrible user experience. Also Windows 64-bit is the least stable OS I've ever used, whereas Apple's 32-bit and 64-bit offerings are equally stable. The transition between 9 and 10 was…abrupt at best, however both were still 32-bit, there was no 64-bit transition between them. The fragmentation was a real issue because I had zero free space and I don’t know any operating system that can solve that.

Apple did move to 64-bit painlessly. In fact I can’t even tell you which version of OS X actually did it for me. I never even noticed and I’m pretty technical. Vista on the other hand actually requires the user to explicitly pick one or the other. The average user has to know something technical, which is a terrible user experience. Also Windows 64-bit is the least stable OS I’ve ever used, whereas Apple’s 32-bit and 64-bit offerings are equally stable.

]]> By: Ross http://timtrueman.com/2008/03/30/waking-from-a-64-bit-nightmare/#comment-44 Ross Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:14:43 +0000 http://timtrueman.com/?p=37#comment-44 Apple moved to 64 bit painlessly? You must have forgotten how many times you had to move all your files when switching between os9 and os10. If I remember correctly it became fragmented enough that you couldn't even defrag it. Apple moved to 64 bit painlessly? You must have forgotten how many times you had to move all your files when switching between os9 and os10. If I remember correctly it became fragmented enough that you couldn’t even defrag it.

]]> By: Jen http://timtrueman.com/2008/03/30/waking-from-a-64-bit-nightmare/#comment-31 Jen Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:43:11 +0000 http://timtrueman.com/?p=37#comment-31 I'm still laughing. How did you miss the warnings that Vista is a steaming pile of crap? :) Ubuntu sounds friggin awesome... but my mac works just fine for now, and I'm pretty sure it would take until I get back to the States to download. Anyway, glad to hear you're done with Microsoft! I’m still laughing. How did you miss the warnings that Vista is a steaming pile of crap? :) Ubuntu sounds friggin awesome… but my mac works just fine for now, and I’m pretty sure it would take until I get back to the States to download. Anyway, glad to hear you’re done with Microsoft!

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