Microsoft To Dump 32-Bit After Vista

SlinkySausage writes "Microsoft has used its annual hardware engineering conference to announce that Windows Vista and Server 2008 will be the last versions of Windows capable of booting on 32-bit CPUs such as Intel Pentium 4 and Core Duo. AMD, which introduced 64-bit CPUs early — much to the derision of Intel, which said there was no use for them at the time — must be delighted with Microsoft's decision. Owners of first-generation Intel Macs that used (32-bit only) Core Duo CPUs may not be so happy knowing that Vista will be the last Windows they will be able to run."

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Re:as the owner of a first gen intel mac....

[CarnivoreMan]

Current computers can hardly run Vista as it is... I dont think it'll be much of a concern when the next iteration of Windows comes out and requires a new set of hefty hardware requirements relative to the state of technology at the time.

What will the recommended RAM be by then... 8 or 10 Gigs?

Re:as the owner of a first gen intel mac....

[JohnnyGTO]

Me to.