Coming soon (again): 64-bit desktop computers

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YKhan wrote:
> Pretty humourous little article about why 64-bit is finally coming, and
> why it took so long. 🙂
>
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=news.view&news=4448
> Yousuf Khan
>

hmmm... funny how in the reasons for delaying it they left out: "because
no-one could be arsed making any drivers for it, it basically wasn't a
useable OS".... :)
 
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gimp wrote:
> YKhan wrote:
>
>> Pretty humourous little article about why 64-bit is finally coming, and
>> why it took so long. 🙂
>>
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=news.view&news=4448
>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>
> hmmm... funny how in the reasons for delaying it they left out: "because
> no-one could be arsed making any drivers for it, it basically wasn't a
> useable OS".... :)

But it wasn't a usable OS because there were no drivers for it. Chicken
meet egg.

Yousuf Khan