64-bit day-to-day

April 6, 2005 by Chris Charlton

64-bit is such a buzz, but I don't feel guilty not caring much about it yet. I'm glad its coming, and it'll be there when I'm ready - that's my thought.

If I count the handful of apps that I run day-to-day, I roundup:

I'm sure you have some similar or the same, as there's really a handful of functions we use our computers day-to-day: surf the web, edit & create photos/video/audio, burn media discs, email/communicate, and program.

Others would have...

Mac OSX users get to play with...

  • Apple Pro apps (Logic, Final Cut, Shake, Motion)
  • iLife/iWork suites
... so I expect those to end up having 64-bit versions when Tiger+ comes out this year.