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XP Pro 64 Bit Why did I bother?
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Posted by: snreu
I finally got around to loading my 64 bit version of Windows. Has anyone had any experiences they would like to share? So far my HP Printer won't work, (they are working on drivers for my new all in one but nothing yet), my ADS video capture has no drivers and it appears they don't know what to do, my Concord digital camera won't work, sorry we don't currently support 64 bit, blah, blah, blah.
So why did I bother? I thought I'd be real geeky and run a bunchof benchmark tests with several programs I've got but guess what, none of them work either. I don't have any experience with this O/S other than the last few days and I'm not really impressed. Any tricks or tips would be greatly appreciated or its back to 32bit land for me.
Oh yea, spell check doesn't work in any of Microsoft's Office Suite either.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Currently the only 64-bit OS worth having is Linux. Every bit of 64-bit software works on my Gentoo Linux box with the exception of macromedia flash. Which is useless to me anyway.
If you want to play around with 64-bit, try one of the Linux 64-bit ditros like Fedora Core 5. They cost you nothing and come with some nice free goodies.
Posted by: snreu
Thanks ION,
I don't have any experience with Linux at all but it is on my list. I have a 1.1Ghx AMD waiting for something to be installed and it will be Linux. Any recommended reading will be greatly appreciated.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
The best way to learn it is to just install an easy to use distro. Fedora Core 5 is a great place to start. It comes with the Gnome desktop by default which is very simple and windows-like. Easy to use.
KDE is another desktop which I prefer, but it can be overwhelming as there is so much to it.
If you need help, our linux forum is a good place as well as www.linuxquestions.org
If you want reading material, check some of the linux books published by O'Reilly. Great books. Check Amazon.com for book reviews.
Here's a preview of KDE here: 
http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru...ead.php?t=39893
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