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ManipUni said:

Point of fact, 64 bit doesn't increase your horsepower, and in many cases actually decreases it by 1/2. The only benefit to 64 bit is either niche applications or to increase your memory over the 3.5~ GB cap.

See Rico Mariani's Blog entry:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ricom/archive/2009/06/10/visual-studio-why-is-there-no-64-bit-version.aspx

dlabun said:

I've done some work with Ford vehicles equipped with Sync and its close to impossible to install Sync in anything but a Ford, Mercury or Lincoln.

Sync relies on information from the vehicle's on-board communication networks. Sync and other vehicle electronics modules are programmed to the specific vehicle they are installed in. Programming includes vehicle specific network messages, module configuration and the vehicle VIN number.

To complicate things, every Ford is different. For example, a Fusion generates network messages indicating the status of the instrument panel illumination dimmer level out of the Smart Junction Box, yet a Crown Victoria generates the messages out of the Lighting Control Module.

Thanks for the great info.

Its been 16 months now and still waiting for Ford Sync technology to come to Chrysler or GM vehicles.

Hoping that the bankrupcy filings will not slow things down much.

Riekl said:

PocketXP said:

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You are nuts if you think the industry is quickly adopting 64bit.  Adoption is slow, nearly 0.  Most people buying 64 bit machines are downgrading them to 32 bit due to compatability issues.

It will be another 2-3 years before 64 bit is 'mainstream'.  There is 0 benefit to running it today on a tablet.

PocketXP said:

Ian2 said:

*snip*

Thanks for the info on the tx2.

Hopefully, the 64bit Win7 multi-touch drivers will be ready by the time RC1 happens in May.

Ian2 said:

I've got a tx2 - Loaded Windows 7 - it runs fine but you lose the pen support if you go for the multitouch driver - which is a little flakey anyway at the moment - also only support for  the 32bit Win7 at present.

I am thinking of reverting back to 64bit Vista until the driver situation improves.

I'm going with the Dell Latitude XT2 for the following 2 reasons:
 - Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 processor is better than the AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core.
 - Dell system has a 128 GB SSD option. Solid State Drives should be the default standard for Mobile PCs.

fyi: there's only two 64 Bit Multi-Touch Tablet PC options:

1. Dell Latitude XT2
    - Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 (1.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
    - 5 GB RAM
    - 128 GB SSD

2. HP Touchsmart tx2z
    - AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-86 (2.4 GHz)
    - 8 GB RAM
    - 500 GB SATA HD

32-bit systems are old school.

I need the 64-bit/extra memory horsepower to maximize perfomance but please note that the whole industry is quickly adopting 64-bit as the defacto standard.

Regarding my needs, I'm planning to use the Tablet PC to write/demo apps that use the new multi-touch capabilities. I'm also going to develop Oracle and SQL Server based Silverlight and Java apps using virtual machine dev environments.

Ion Todirel said:

PocketXP said:

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I know that, just that I didn't imagine someone will use a laptop with so much RAM considering how expensive the 4G sticks are... unless it supports more than 2 sticks

Ion Todirel said:

why would you want a 64-bit OS on a Table PC? o_O

I want the extra horsepower.

Would like to configure it with 5 GB RAM or more.
32 bit OS's do not support more than 4 GB RAM.

Can someone from the Windows 7 Multi-Touch project shed some light on the 64-bit N-trig drivers?

I'm looking to buy either the Dell Latitude XT2 or HP Touchsmart tx2z Tablet.

Which one is best to run 64-bit Windows 7?

It looks like the weak link is the 64-bit N-trig drivers. => http://www.n-trig.com/Content.aspx?Page=Multi_Touch