"What it comes down to, is if you don't know what benefits a 64-bit
operating system, you don't need it."
What? That's rediculous. Sorry guy, one may not much care that a
32 bit opperating system uses a 32 bit system bus and a 64 bit
system uses a 64 bit system bus.
One still may care that a 64 bit opperating system makes use of all
the resourses at the desposal of the system, where-as a 32 bit
opperating system makes use of only half. That may be over
simplifying, but if you boil it down like that, One might consider
that a true 64 bit opperating system is faster and more stable on 64
bit hardware than a 32 bit opperating system is. And, one might care
about that, especially if one is putting a fare ammount of money into
a system.
One might be passing interested in the fact that true 64 it systems
have better security features than 32 bit systems, and that you need a
64 bit OS to take advantage of those hardware features, even if you
don't want all the technical detales.
One might also be interested in generalities about the overall
effectiveness of 64 bit xp, vs 64 bit vista, and the fact that vista
is better developped for 64 bit systems. Maybe that seems obvious to
some one who knows computers, but it would be valuable information for
some one who thinks these things are more or less created equal.
The attitude that end users thinking about buying or upgrading systems
don't need to know about the differences between 32 bit and 64 bit is
frankly misguided, and I'm surprized that a normally with it support
professional would publish a statement like this. I don't think we
were looking for the engineering diagrams from asus here, just a
general list of benefits like performance, stability, security, and
hardware compadibility, and I really think most people are interested
in those.
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On 13-Jan-09, at 12:20 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
Hi. We never said anything about dropping support for any operating
system. What it comes down to, is if you don't know what benefits a
64-bit operating system, you don't need it.
You can always google or visit microsoft for the differences.
Sunshine wrote the following on 1/13/2009 2:49 PM:
what are the advantages of a 64 bit windows os vs a 32 bit?
what are the pros and cons?
Also will a person have to switch os's when window eyes 7.1 comes
out? if so
when if it happens will windows xp 32 bit be not supported?
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