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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil And 640k ought to be enough for anyone. What? Could you actually respond to my point rather than just make nonsensical posts? And aren't you the one who's been making post after post saying that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Is whatever the newest version of Android is even at half that? It doesn't need to be. Google Play Services will update automatically OTA on anything running 2.2 or later, and the majority of new API…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Android will never have all devices actively being sold capable of 64-bit processing. Nor does it need to. That's the benefit of their VM-based approach - it isolates app developers from the underlying …
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Quote: Originally Posted by bitbyter Java has always been 64-bit (long data types), and the Java VM has supported 64-bit addressing for years due to Java's use in the enterprise. Dalvik adheres to this spec and supports 64-bit data types and ad…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 Still this is not fat binary support, it only a fat installer trick for managing multiple single arch binary You're arguing about semantics, so I'm done.
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 Android support only one CPU architecture, and currently no Linux nor Android release that support multiple arch binary as a standard feature. That's just wrong. Android compiles and runs on multiple AR…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 Multiple-APK is not a multi-arch executable technology This mean for developer to compile and package separated version of the same apps for every device configuration it target. Having a real 32/64 bit …
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 Agree, Linux kernel as being ported to 64bit many years ago. But this is not the case for the Android fork Google is working on. Beside compiling the OS and libs for 64bit is only the iceberg tips, a lot …
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Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 Beside Android is currently years away from being a 64bit OS, the Linux kernel and userland needs to be ported first and than the whole Dalvik VM will all its library needs to be ported. The Linux kernel …
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Good to see. I've been waiting for the Haswell Pros to upgrade - my 2010 Core2Duo-based Air is really long in the tooth.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You don't have to accept the article but you do have to avoid insulting the author. Insulting article authors is treated the same as insulting other forum members. Then why aren't more post…
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anonymouse wrote: » I think you've missed the point. You're the one who declared it "garbage" without knowing anything about it. You've also missed, or ignored, the point that simple "geographic distribution" isn't the story. Density within tha…
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tallest skil wrote: » 'Course they would. Now how about answering mine? I find that extremely hard to believe. If they did, they'd just use it as clickbait to wind up the faithful into raging against Google and "Lamesung"/"Scumsung"/"Samesung" …
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tallest skil wrote: » What about the even more basic question: Would you be whining about this at all if it showed Android ahead of Apple? Here's a better question -- Would AppleInsider even have publishing this "story" if it did? It's really t…
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anonymouse wrote: » I notice you have lots of questions you don't know the answers to, yet you are wiling to declare it garbage before you get the answers. You missed the point. Yes, there are questions about where this data came from. That's e…
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This is one of the worst researched articles I've seen on here, which is saying something. It's conclusions would be laughed out of an undergraduate-level research methods class. A few basic questions come to mind: Where did this dataset come from?…
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Quote: Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee Android, like iOS, does not have virtual memory or a swap file and will force close Apps when resources run low. No OS that can force close an App arbitrarily can be considered to offer "true…
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ericthehalfbee wrote: » Oh for crying out loud. People still bringing up that user agent crap? What is this, 2010? As I've said before, changing your user agent DOES NOT fool modern analytics software, which looks at device makes & models, …
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Marvin wrote: » Don't you ever have to manually type in the long addresses? Compared to IPv4 would you rate it harder, easier or the same to deal with on a daily basis? Rarely. When I do, I can usually copy and paste them. Or use DNS. Also, not…
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Corrections wrote: » Nobody uses VP8, and nobody is going to suddenly flock to an inferior product just because it still exists 3 years after its failed launch. Wrong. Skype uses it for video calls. Support was first added in 2010.