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Google To Auto-Migrate Some Users To 64-bit Chrome

Posted by msmash on from the hmm dept.

Google says it will automatically upgrade the version of Chrome that some Windows users are running, in what it describes as a bet to improve stability, performance, and security. From a report on ZDNet: In a blog post on Tuesday, the search engine giant explained that Chrome users running 64-bit Windows with 4GB or more of memory will be automatically migrated to the 64-bit version of Chrome if they are running the 32-bit version.

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  1. Re:But Google will get a free pass by dogbert_2001 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ACKCHYUALLY,
    Each Chrome tab is limited to 4GB, even in 64-bit. "For security reasons."
    And I've hit the limit before. Scrolling endless webpages is an easy way to hit the limit. Also, some addons like AdBlock use up a lot of memory.