Poll Thoughts about Windows 8?

[Turbinator]

I am still waiting for this:

 

[jedidia]

dates back to win95 days, and with more and more options in many programs it could get somewhat cumbersome.

As far as I know, it dates back to ATARI...?

@Turbinator: Hmmm... Let's make a ship with a panel like that!

 

[Turbinator]

@Turbinator: Hmmm... Let's make a ship with a panel like that!

You know what, I would love to.

Samo trebam nauciti kako raditi panels na Orbiteru.

 

[jedidia]

wtf? :blink: Diaspora? or did google translate accidentally spit out an almost perfect sentence?

 

[Wally]

One of the earliest rumors I've read was that Windows 8 will be a 128-bit operating system, though it's hard for me to believe such thing.
Anyway, speaking of future OS, I' waiting for LCARS:

 

[Rtyh-12]

One of the earliest rumors I've read was that Windows 8 will be a 128-bit operating system, though it's hard for me to believe such thing.

That's actually right (I think), I've heard that too. It's going to be 64-bit and 128-bit, just like we today have 32-bit and 64-bit.

 

[Keatah]

I am still waiting for this:


AstonShell makes your desktop with the same theme. Not the control panel you posted, but a desktop with the looks and feel of that.

 

[Wishbone]

With 128 bits, there will be no problems with docking veeeery far from the Sun.

 

[Mantis]

That's actually right (I think), I've heard that too. It's going to be 64-bit and 128-bit, just like we today have 32-bit and 64-bit.

Doubtful at best. There aren't any 128 bit processors on the market to run it. My guess is that the high end versions will be strictly 64bit with a lower end 32Bit version available.

 

[Fabri91]

Doubtful at best. There aren't any 128 bit processors on the market to run it. My guess is that the high end versions will be strictly 64bit with a lower end 32Bit version available.

Agree...64bit already offers huge overhead to use larger RAM sizes (16 Exabytes, is that possible?), there won't be a need for 128bit for a looong time.

 

[orb]

With 128 bits, there will be no problems with docking veeeery far from the Sun.

You don't need 128-bit operating system or CPU to do high precision arithmetics. The 486 processor (and even 80387 co-processor) which was 32-bit, had already 80-bit floating point unit, current SSE units can handle 128-bit data, and even if processor can't handle 128-bit floating point, it can be emulated by software.

 

[Hielor]

With 128 bits, there will be no problems with docking veeeery far from the Sun.

Orbiter is 32-bit software, so it can't even take advantage of 64-bit computing on modern 64-bit processors.

 

[Wishbone]

BTW Hielor, are there any hints at multithreading/use of multiple CPUs in Orbiter betas? The 80 bit extended is not IEEE standard, and the last time I actually used it was a long time ago, in the days when coded in Delphi...