No... that is incorrect!

First people have an idea to do something with software.. they start working
on it but then see they need more hardware power to achieve their goal, then
the new hardware is built.
Its how its always been... and remember what you get as a final consumer has
been experimented on years before!

The flame that fuels this progress is the software... then the hardware is
created.

Of course AFTER the hardware is created, other software's take advantage of
it.

For example if one day some OS developers start thinking about making 128
bit OS's they will ask for prototypes of 128bit CPUs to be created so they
can start working on the OS design. It was the SOFTWARE they had in mind
that fueled the creation of the hardware.

The hardware companies just didn't say... ok we don't have much to do.. heck
lets create a 128 bit CPU just for fun even if no one will ever need it! lol



"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Rob wrote:
>> I am being told by some experts that there is no 64-bit
>> OS that works as advertised, Vista chief among them. The processor
>> manufacturers are actually out in front of the software developers
>> here.
>>
>> Can someone confirm this ?
>
> By definition almost, the hardware is out in front of the software.
>
> A bus driver can't do much without a bus, a cook can't fix dinner without
> a stove,...
>