On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:26:03 -0700, 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 ?

No. Because it is not true. I used, for example, DEC Tru64 Unix for
several years on the DEC Alpha - it was absolutely rock solid. I
understand that a number of 64 bit Linux distributions work quite well,
though I have not tried them.