thefixer opened this issue on Aug 07, 2007 · 430 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 12:37 AM
Quote - Unfortunately, the 64-bit processor/OS is still a fringe market. There are more people moving to them lately, but not enough for most companies to make an effort - see most similar complaints about MacOS support. It'll probably be a couple years before the conversion is enough to warrant such support. That said, some companies aren't waiting and have already provided such support - like 3DSMax and Cinema 4D.
To emphasize the fringeness of 64-bit OSs at this time, not even Apple will bend to create a 64-bit version of QuickTime which, for its ubiquitousness, is appalling!
I agree with this 100%. 64-bit is doubtless the wave of the near future, but it's not in common use yet. I wonder if 128-bit will already have arrived on the horizon for general use by the time that most everyone finally switches over to 64-bit............
Most of the people that I know who have 64-bit OS's end up with some software incompatibility problems. Others get around the difficulties by using a dual-boot setup.
64-bit Poser is actually a 'bit' ahead of the game, IMO.