Is Ie 7 Available

[martymas]

hi team is IE 7 available for download.

i just watched a program from the UK .

called click on line and they spoke of IE 7.

but i missed the first part of the program.

so i couldnt tell if it was still in the beta stage.

ive been to microsoft support but cant find any reference to it

any ideas

marty

[martymas]

hi disregard this post ive found what i wanted .

i had to google it and i havent got google on my sys.

i had to go to my isp website.

it seems ie7 will be saved for longhorn.

so that settles that.

marty

[jcl]

IE7 is planned to support (at least) XP SP2, 2k3, and x64. It seems to be based on a backport of Longhorn IE but the two appear to be distinct and fairly different. Longhorn IE will presumably now be called IE8 or IE-FX or something.

The IE7 beta is scheduled for this summer. Final release could happen before the end of the year.

Edited March 19, 2005 by jcl

[martymas]

thanks jcl

can you tell me what difference is there between 34 bit and 64 bit

i went to microsoft several weeks ago to change my sys from 34bit to 64 bit

but it was an eight hour download .

and im on dial up.

so that fixes that

microsoft has been advertising this 64 bit thing.

and im guessing it is to prepare us for longhorn ect

marty

[handplane]

Marty, will this help you?

32 bit vs 64 bit

[jcl]

It depends on the context, but I assume you mean the 64-bit operating systems. Windows XP x64 (formerly Windows XP 64-bit Edition for 64-bit Extended Systems) is a version of Windows for the AMD64 (also known as EM64T and x86-64) platform; AMD64 is a 64-bit extension of the familiar IA-32 (as known as x86) platform. AMD64 is currently supported by systems using AMD Opteron, Turion, and Athlon 64 processors, Intel Xeon processors, and newer Pentium 4 processors. It won't run on others processors.

There are also 64-bit versions of Windows 2003 (Microsoft's current server platform), supporting both AMD64 and Intel's (very different) IA-64. Until recently there was also a system called Windows XP 64-bit Edition which was designed for for IA-64, but it was discontinued due to the painfully obvious failure of the IA-64 as a workstation platform.

Technically speaking AMD64 is a fairly conservative extension of IA-32. It's a bit difficult to describe the differences in laymen's terms, but they aren't very interesting anyway. The only really important difference between 32-bit and 64-bit platforms is the amount of memory they can use. 64-bit systems can generally make use of several times more memory.

From the perspective of the end-user there isn't much difference between WinXP x64 and the standard 32-bit versions of WinXP and Win2003. Most of the differences are limitations: XP x64 requires different drivers (which are only just starting to appear) and some applications designed for 32-bit versions of Windows won't run correctly or at all. The one major benefit of the 64-bit platform, as noted above, is that it can support more than 4GiB of memory, which of course does nothing for most people. There are also a handful of applications designed for x64 that may show a modest improvement in performance (and probably just as many that run more slowly). Basically it's worthless for 99% of home users. It also hasn't been released yet, so you get all the benefits of being a beta or gamma tester.

The same applies to the 64-bit versions of Linux and whatnot. (Except for the beta testing bit.)

(Pedantry note: Current 32-bit x86 processors include a hack that permits them to use up to 64GiB of memory. But it's not often used.)

Edited March 20, 2005 by jcl

[martymas]

hi team thanks for your input

most of the input ive already accessed.

but you both have pointed out parts of the info that i hadnt .

accessed.

the memory thing was one part i didnt see in my search

when i first came in contact with the 64bit thing i contacted microsoft [local branch.]

and they said go to microsoft support,which i did .

and they advised me i could either download it from there.

or sign up and get the cd sent to my address

for free. tho i had to pay for shipping and delivery.

so i signed up.

but decided to install it from the sight.

what i didnt know was it would take eight hours to down load it .

because i was on dialup.this seemed a bit long.

that was the reason i posted to get the feeling of some of you more experienced .

user.

and im happy with the info you posted in.

eighthours dosent worry me.

ive contacted my isp and they said if i went to a cyber cafe or mirror sight

i could get it downloaded quicker but at a cost.

for me to download it i would have to do it at night .

and let it load all night.

but at the moment im chewing on what to do.

thanks

marty