Photoshop CS4 64-bit for Vista Only?

ChrisJ

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080403/tc_pcworld/144126
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144119-c,graphicsmultimedia/article.html

Not a huge deal, but interesting...

Richard

ChrisJ wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080403/tc_pcworld/144126
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144119-c,graphicsmultimedia/article.html

Not a huge deal, but interesting...

I also find it interesting that the tech bulletin boards are all abuzz about it today, but there does not seem to be much interest here on Dgrin. I suppose it's because not many of us need more than 4GB of real memory very often.

ChrisJ

That's only a matter of time with the mega-pixel increases that keep coming. I have read later that CS5 will have 64-bit support for the Mac. So at least it's planned.

SloYerRoll

It's not a big issue to me since I have a copy of x64 sitting on my shelf. So when the inevitable happens. It's no big. (Cheap MS software was about the only good thing that I got out of Washington )

I bet this will be a big deal when x86 support is no longer

[Deleted User]

One of the problems with 32bit Operating systems is that they cannot handle more than 4gb of memory (thats not a definative answer as programmers can introduce all sort of wizzardry to get around the 4gb limit) and only 2gb of this can be allocated to a single application.

If you want to get really techincal
This bit rating of the processor determines the largest numerical number that processor can handle. The largest number that can be processed in a single clock cycle will be equivalent to 2 to the power of the bit rating. Thus, a 32-bit processor can handle a number up to 2^32 or roughly 4.3 billion. Any number greater than this will require more than one clock cycle to process. A 64-bit processor on the other hand can handle a number of a 2^64 or roughly 18.4 quintillion (18,400,000,000,000,000,000). This means that a 64-bit processor would be able to more efficiently handle large number mathematics.

Anybody that has played with Vista will know that you need at least 2gb of memory to do anything useful with it and if your profession is digital media then 4gb will be the standard you use.

Its certainly a brave step for Adobe to take maybe even a bit early but it is certainly not the wrong step to take. I did not notice any mention of a 32bit for Vista??

Tim