3.2.1 still not 64-bit! - skyo63

Yes, yes - you said that before. And anyone else is either an ignorant or an idiot. Go troll elsewhere.

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Sunday, October 25 2009 @ 01:17 PM PDT

3.2.1 still not 64-bit! - MacManux

I wonder if you have any clue what 64-bit is good for. In and by itself, 64-bit has no advantage, especially no speed advantage over the same application in 32-bit.

The only exception is if an app needs to address more the 4GB of physical memory. This is the memory limit for 32-bit apps. Since they can't address more, the need to swap, or do other creative things to work around this. Good example of an app really profiting from 64-bit would be Photoshop, really dealing with huge images beyond the 4GB-size.

As EyeTV I guess will never have to deal with addressing huge files in memory I doubt there would be any hurry for the developers to re-compile this app. Maybe you are mixing this up with the PowerPC to Intel migration where a Universal binary indeed had strong performance benefits, but not in this case.

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Sunday, October 25 2009 @ 01:41 PM PDT

3.2.1 still not 64-bit! - Mike Evangelist

As MacManux mentioned, there is no significant advantage to 64-bit for an application like EyeTV. I'm sure we will eventually support 64-bit operation, but there is no great urgency.

Mike Evangelist
Elgato

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Sunday, October 25 2009 @ 06:12 PM PDT

3.2.1 still not 64-bit! - libertyforall1776

http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/#sixtyfourbit

Performance:
"the move to 64-bit applications also boosts overall performance."

Security:
"Another benefit of the 64-bit applications in Snow Leopard is that they’re even more secure from hackers and malware than the 32-bit versions. That's because 64-bit applications can use more advanced security techniques to fend off malicious code. First, 64-bit applications can keep their data out of harm's way thanks to a more secure function argument-passing mechanism and the use of hardware-based execute disable for heap memory. In addition, memory on the system heap is marked using strengthened checksums, helping to prevent attacks that rely on corrupting memory."

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Sunday, October 25 2009 @ 06:38 PM PDT