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Half of Windows 7 Machines Running 64-Bit Version

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Incoming incessant sopssa trolling. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sopssa is a fucking worthless troll. Remember it moderators.

    Peace out!

    1. Re:Incoming incessant sopssa trolling. by binarylarry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I hate Sopssa as much as the next guy but does he even post here anymore?

      Maybe he finally wandered back to join his herd at channel9.

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    2. Re:Incoming incessant sopssa trolling. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I haven't seen him recently, either.

      Good riddance! XD

  2. Re:64-bits by camperdave · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Twice as fast! Thus my Second First Post since I went all 64-bits!!

    It's easy to get a First Post because Slashdot stories all have zero comments today.

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  3. Doesn't matter for applications though by SuperKendall · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To be fair, OS X hasn't really fully transitioned people to 64-bits. Yes, the OS supports it, but the 64-bit kernel isn't even enabled by default.

    But that doesn't matter for applications, 64-bit applications run fine regardless of the kernel being started in 64-bit mode or not. So lots of OS X users are using a lot of 64-bit applications already.

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