Win64 Issues as a End-User Rant
Bruce Labitt
bruce.labitt at verizon.net
Sat Feb 17 10:47:18 EST 2007
Unlike most of the folks that post here, I'm an end user. :) Except
that I'm a scientific end-user.
\rant on
Recently I was forced to run a simulation on a Win64 box remotely. The
simulation just was taking too long on my puny Win32 laptop. The
simulation needed more memory than Win32 could support. After I ported
the application to the Win64, added a 64 bit compiler, I finally got
things to run. I wanted to print out the graphics result. Guess what,
our company has Win32 print servers. No go. The ticket with MIS has
been outstanding for 6 months now. I don't blame MIS for this. I do
have an issue with their choice for infrastructure, though.
\rant off
Ham radio not withstanding - there is no way that EM (Electro-Magnetic)
simulation is in the "end-user" rather than scientific. EM simulations
require 64 bits for anything remotely complicated.
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