Chrome For Mac Drops 32-bit Build

jones_supa writes Google has revealed that it's launching the finished 64-bit version of Chrome 39 for OS X this November, which already brought benefits in speed, security and stability on Windows. However at this point the 32-bit build for Mac will cease to exist. Just to make it clear, this decision does not apply to Windows and Linux builds, at least for now. As a side effect, 32-bit NPAPI plugins will not work on Chrome on Mac version 39 onwards. The affected hardware are only the very first x86-based Macs with Intel Core Duo processors. An interesting question remains, whether the open source version of Chrome, which is of course Chromium, could still be compiled for x86-32 on OS X.

Comments

Re:As someone with a white macbook...

[nashv]

Considering the stable is currently at version 37, you still have about 4 weeks. Surely, 4 weeks is enough to buy a Chromebook, no? *evil grin*

Re:It's not Google's fault. It's Mozilla's.

[ArcadeMan]

Firefox had 35% of the market a few years ago.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Re:intel atom systems keep 32 bit systems around

[ArcadeMan]

Dude, 1994 wasn't 20 years... oh crap, I'm old.

Get off my lawn!

Re:It did?

[viperidaenz]

What about the people who exploit bugs after they're been disclosed and fixed? They're people too!
If no one stayed on old unsupported software, that entire industry would collapse. Think of the job losses all over Romania, Russia and Nigeria.