Does anyone still use 32bit?

powlesY · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:13

There's still not much reason to use 64bit is that other than for more than 4gb ram?

Glaucus · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:15

powlesY said:
There's still not much reason to use 64bit is that other than for more than 4gb ram?

It's far less than 4GB by the time you take into account size of ram on modern GfX.

People with pre-installed computers will almost certainly be 32bit.
Lots of 64bit software out there now which will run faster.

Sash · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:17

powlesY said:
There's still not much reason to use 64bit is that other than for more than 4gb ram?

The reverse of this statement would be - why not use 64bit OS? There's very little performance drop of a 64bit OS using 32 bit software and you get to use 64bit software natively.

Ascendancy · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:18

I know somebody who still uses 32-bit. My mate has a PC with 8GB RAM in it and refuses to move off of XP because "It's better".

Freefaller · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:21

The OS on my laptop was W7 64 bit.

Hardware driver compatibility is much better now for 64bit.

32bit is still useful though.

Dava · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:21

i have to use 32-bit at work, some of the software we use only operates on this.

Dr.EM · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:25

XP here, expect I'll have to change it soon enough though. Can't be bothered to learn a new OS!

Smit · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:27

I still run a 32-bit version of Windows 7 on my laptop. Will change it to 64-bit whenever I wish to start fresh.

estebanrey · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:29

Cosimo · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:31

I occasionally run software that only runs in 32bit using a VM.

psd99 · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:36

32 bit at work all the time

think about XP it has been around for ages!
prob one of the best operating systems of all time

powlesY · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:44

I'm considering dual-booting. 32bit for older games. 64bit for newer games

C.R.A.Z.Y · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:46

XP x64 here and on the server.
Got W7 x64 on the laptop but don't like it compared to XP tbh.

dirtychinchilla · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:46

Dr.EM said:
XP here, expect I'll have to change it soon enough though. Can't be bothered to learn a new OS!

Dreadful, it'll take you about an hour.

DJMK4 · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:48

Nope, x64 bit on my work laptop, x64 bit on my i5 2500k rig, x64 bit on my HP microserver

I still know people that use 32bit though, but few and far between, and generally older machines or machines that just dont need more than 4gb ram.

TrUz · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:48

Windows 7 x64 here...

Haggisman · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:49

psd99 said:
32 bit at work all the time

think about XP it has been around for ages!
prob one of the best operating systems of all time

There is an x64 version of XP by the way

wildman · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:52

Ascendancy said:
I know somebody who still uses 32-bit. My mate has a PC with 8GB RAM in it and refuses to move off of XP because "It's better".

I thought a 32bit OS couldn't address / utilise > 4gb so isn't 8gb in a 32bit system overkill and quite possibly useless ?

Glaucus · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:53

wildman said:
I thought a 32bit OS couldn't address / utilise > 4gb so isn't 8gb in a 32bit system overkill and quite possibly useless ?

Very useless.

It's also 4GB total address memory. So say GfX card has 1GB ram, system could use just under 3GB off the 8

Andy · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:54

My computer doesn't like 64bit. The installation always fails.