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Raistmer:
In this particular aspect BOINC resembles Win$ows for me.
Both have some "advanced" (at first sight) features that actually can't be used if really needed.
Cool, BOINC reports CPU features!... up to SSE2  :P
Cool, BOINC reports GPU card parameters... when all projects who need GPU app already implemented direct device query... As most of Win$ows additional software, standalone tools needed to do real work if it's needed...
Why it's not good: it takes time to implement those actually unneeded for scheduling features that only make BOINC hardware-depenend. Instead of working in terms of abstract computing devices and effectively manage that devices having their description it operates just particular devices from few vendors...

Jason G:
I felt that way a bit.   Now with Win7x64 am pretty happy ... It seems it plays all my old crappy games that wouldn't play under XP/Vista 32 bit.... figure that one out  :o

Raistmer:

--- Quote from: Jason G on 09 Dec 2009, 02:50:33 pm ---I felt that way a bit.   Now with Win7x64 am pretty happy ... It seems it plays all my old crappy games that wouldn't play under XP/Vista 32 bit.... figure that one out  :o


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Hehe  :D Try to run one of truly ancient ones, for Win 3.1 or even DOS... AFAIK there is no DOS VM in x64 windows (no real mode emulation so Win3.1 and DOS apps should be incompatible at all with Win7 x64 in theory. It would be nice to check it directly ;) )
(Something like Eye of Beholder or Uukrul ;D )

Jason G:
No problem. 'Dosbox' 0.73 working great for dos emualtion for very early things,  In any case, nothing to do with installer flops, but probably shows that anything is possible...

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