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I have IE 8 64 bit, I've tried Minefield 64 bit, without flash they're just not worth it to me.
It's like having a really hot girlfriend you can't kiss, what's the use?
32bit will remain supported in 128bit windows.
128bit can easily maintain 32bit realmode compatibility, the only reason 16bit was dropped from x64 is because it didn't maintain v86 capability in the specification which lead to obscene 16bit performance drops.
128bit processing isn't coming anytime in the near future anyway, x64 isn't even real x64 yet as it is, and there isn't enough space on current size microprocesses to put 128bit pipes onto a cpu. the closest we have to 128bit is the sse instruction pipes and caches not to mention that AVX will be scalable up to 1024bits. AVX in its final design is also supposed to be programmable so adding instructions to the cpu in theory would be as simple as updating the processors microcode in the bios.
put simply, going by past roadmaps, 128bit operating systems aren't going to see the light of day on the x86 arch till atleast 2015.
x64 flash for windows will probably be released in mid 2012"We know that people want to exclusively use their 64-bit browsers and not have to switch back and forth to 32-bit versions. We expect to release 64-bit support in a release after Flash Player 10.1, but I cannot provide any specifics on timing at this time."
Any computer software or hardware estimated to be two years away is still just a rumor, I'd say.
So until adobe come up with x64 bit code for windows, it's better to stay away from any x64 browser ( except for IE 8 ).....Linux users are exempted.
Did i get this right?