This is why there is a variety of places to fix these problems, like this forum. I don't think I ever saw a program without some sort of problem. The rest of them are reported and fixed on a regular basis. People that don't have 圆4 don't have to upgrade, many programs run several divisions at a time, including windows x86, windows 圆4 and lots of Linux x86 (some 圆4), and most programs that are compatible with Linux are also backward compatible with Mac.įor the bugs, it is normal, lots of programs have bugs, which are found by beta testers and usually fixed. It would allow winamp to gradually increase it's performance accordingly to the newer more powerful systems as they come out.
#WINAMP FOR WINDOWS 7 64BIT UPDATE#
The plugins could be fitted to work on 32-bit on 64-bit versions and when the plugins do become available in 64-bit version then would come an update to winamp with actual X64 plugins. I understand that the Winamp staff's time is very important and should not be wasted, but as I mentioned earlier, it would be more of a benefit to the future. I hope you guys don't find this text too long. The transition would be useful for the next 20-30 years before they would need to shift to 128-bit. This 64-bit transition could benefit Winamp alot since most computer enthusiasts already use 64-bit versions of Windows (and some on 64-bit Linux).
Winamp would only be taking a step ahead in the future, fixing problems even before other media players even make the switch to 64-bit. On 64-bit the limit of ram is an approximate of 16EB(16 ExaBytes) which could take almost 20 years before it is reached (32 years according to moore's law). I say, in the next two(2) releases of Windows, we will start seeing some 64-bit only OSes due to the Memory limitation. That's why I run Vista 64-bit on my 4GB of ram. I believe it would not be so much of a lack of time since most OSes will become 64-bit very soon, knowing that windows Vista takes a minimum of 1GB of ram and that the limit for 32-bit is 4GB, there is a very big chance that the next windows will need 2-3GB minimum, which will make 4GB useful, but useless at the same time, since 32-bit caan only address 3,25GB of ram.