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March 07, 2007
64-bit crying shame
64-bit crying shame: George Ou, at ZDNet, writes about trying to configure a Windows Vista machine with 64-bit addressing, and closes out with a section "Adobe can't get their act together and won't even release an x64 edition of the upcoming Photoshop CS3." (It goes on.) Check out this article from Scott Byer in December last year, the #4 hit on Google searches for "64-bit photoshop"... it explains why the ability to address larger memory spaces does not mean that your pixel filters or "layering effects" will go faster through the processor. Scott has more at the bottom about the effect of drivers, the customer base for Photoshop on any 64-bit architecture in early 2007, more. The conclusion that "Adobe should have been supporting x64 two years ago" might be an attractive one, if you're one of those who invested in such hardware, but....
Posted by JohnDowdell at March 7, 2007 07:41 AM
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