Half of Windows 7 Machines Running 64-Bit Version

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 12, 2010 @04:24AM from the way-better-than-my-one-bit-idea dept.

nk497 writes "Microsoft has said that nearly half of machines running Windows 7 are using the 64-bit version, up from just 11% of PCs running Vista. The 32-bit version is limited to 4GB RAM, while the 64-bit version allows 192GB, as well as added security and virtualization capabilities. While Microsoft is pushing 64-bit as a way to gain performance in the OS, it earlier this year advised users to install the 32-bit version of Office 2010, 'because currently many common add-ins for Office will not function in the 64-bit edition.'"

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limits by StripedCow · 2010-07-12 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

192GB ought to be enough for anyone...

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Re:In another news by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-12 05:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Compile time doesn't count.
Re:Statistics, statistics by dbIII · 2010-07-12 11:48 · Score: 2, Funny

64 bit isn't too far off
That's true, November 1998 will be here so soon that it's as if it's already happened!