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Thanks, will be installing the 64bit version.
Bringing the out-of-process plug-in architecture across to Windows and Mac also brings another advantage: the ability to run plug-ins compiled for Intel 32-bit architecture from within a 64-bit Opera process. And 64-bit Opera is the other delightful gift we're giving you at Opera Labs this Christmas!
64-bit Windows and Mac have been in the works for a while, but we didn't want to release them until we had a way of running all plug-ins that's completely transparent to the user: This is now possible with the out-of-process plug-in architecture, so here we are! The 64-bit versions of Opera offer performance improvements in some specific areas and allow Opera to have more freedom in allocating memory.
Christmas at Opera Labs: 64-bit Opera, and out-of-process plug-ins - Dev.Opera
Since that is an alpha version, does it present any problems with the 32 bit Operra remaining installed at the same time?
Thanks, I thought thqat was true, but considering my memory, I prefer to ask.
Yes, I've installed it. So far, so good. Can't see much of a difference in how it operates over the 32 bit version though.
installed it on my win7 ultimate x64 system, it froze my pc, requiring a cold boot. tried once more after restart, froze again. opera no longer is on my pc. waterfox 9 works fine. firefox nightly x64 11.0a1 works fine. ie9 x64 or x32 works fine. firefox 9 x32 works fine. chrome 17.0.963.6 (x32 of course) works fine. not so opera. will not be trying again for a LONG time.
YMMV, but it depends a lot on what is in your tank.
I've ran into one problem so far...while copying my Speed Dial bookmarks over to the new browser's Speed Dial, I've noticed that on some websites that they load a bit slow. One in particular (walmart.com) totally hangs without loading. When this happens, it says that it is looking up hostname plus-com. I am set to use the Google DNS, but I've not heard it called that before. In any case, the website loads normally on the older version.