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Ask Slashdot: Best 32-Bit Windows System In 2012?

Posted by timothy on from the looking-backwards-fondly dept.

First time accepted submitter justthinkit writes "I have a number of applications that will not run on 64-bit Windows, but I would like to gain the benefits (most better caching) of having more than 4GB of RAM. Am I stuck with these Windows operating systems? And why is Windows Server 2008 Datacenter and Enterprise not included on that page? Should I go with a Linux or Win 7/8 system, and run a VM of Windows XP? Is this a solved problem or a lost cause?"

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  1. Re:VMs are not CPU emulators by djsmiley · · Score: 4, Funny

    VM's can fake a 32bit cpu.... its almost like there isn't a real CPU and someone is just pretending or something...

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  2. Your answers with as much detail as you provided. by djsmiley · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Yes
    2. Dunno
    3. Yes
    4. Yes
    5.... errm yes?

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  3. Re:Windows 7 compatibility mode by neokushan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hi, thanks for your patronising tone, but we already figured it out: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3248941&cid=41968741

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