32 or 64

[Hass_mirza]

I just received my copy of windows 8.1 and it came with a 32 and 64 bit disk. My processor is an AD FX 6300 and it says that it is 64 bit so should I use the 64bit disk?

[Unhelpful]

I just received my copy of windows 8.1 and it came with a 32 and 64 bit disk. My processor is an AD FX 6300 and it says that it is 64 bit so should I use the 64bit disk?

Yes. 64 bit.

[R_Golden]

32 bit versions still exist?

[79 Potatoes]

32 bit versions still exist?

Lots of people still stuck with 32 bit CPUs, you can't just ditch that support. (also low RAM systems) W10 has a 32 bit version too.

[daniellearmouth]

32 bit versions still exist?

 

Low end Atom and older gen Pentium/Celeron CPUs, yo.

Edited July 29, 2015 by daniellearmouth

[Sickybee]

i think alot of people still use 32 bit to maintain compatibility

[Thermal]

i think alot of people still use 32 bit to maintain compatibility

 

Compatibility with what? Any hardware that required 32bit OS has long since been obsolete/EoL and 32bit software runs on a 64bit OS

[Sickybee]

Compatibility with what? Any hardware that required 32bit OS has long since been obsolete/EoL and 32bit software runs on a 64bit OS

softwares, not all can run in 64 bit, especially ones required dongles

[daniellearmouth]

softwares, not all can run in 64 bit, especially ones required dongles

 

Dude, I have not seen a dongle being used for software since the 90s.

[Sickybee]

Dude, I have not seen a dongle being used for software since the 90s.

i see them all the time, mainly software owned by government

[Thermal]

softwares, not all can run in 64 bit, especially ones required dongles

 

Citation needed?

 

32bit Interoperability with 64bit:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee872017(v=vs.85).aspx

http://www.howtogeek.com/194119/why-are-most-programs-still-32-bit-on-a-64-bit-version-of-windows/

 

Further reading on 64bit computing:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64

 

Anything that is still running in 32bit only has been EoL for a long time, sure you'll see it but it won't be capable of running Windows 10 as MS would like it to be run. I expect XP machines to be 32bit but they will typically be stuck on XP indefinitely because they are EoL and are just being used till the die in Commercial applications.

[daniellearmouth]

i see them all the time, mainly software owned by government

 

All I can say is such a government is outmoded technologically.

[Sickybee]

All I can say is such a government is outmoded technologically.

LoL.. maybe they're just afraid of changes

[Thermal]

All I can say is such a government is outmoded technologically.

 

I don't understand his argument, he's saying there is 32bit software which no one is disputing. All we're saying is that in this day and age if you're running a 32bit only cpu you're probably running a machine from pre-2005 (10 years ago) and are barely able to be meet min requirements for Windows 10 anyway and will suffer running it, can't imagine trying to run anything more taxing than XP on a Pentium 4.

[daniellearmouth]

LoL.. maybe they're just afraid of changes

 

You just described pretty much every government in the world.

 

US Army, lawl!

[BirdyTheMighty]

you must be stupid if you go for 32 bit  <_<

[cluelessgenius]

Dude, I have not seen a dongle being used for software since the 90s.

well as a software developer i constanly have to use 32bit os's in virtual machines to test or find bugs clients have with their crappy hardware. 32bit is still very much out there because people dont upgrade their pcs if they aint broke( at least in some lines of work). we even had to support win98 on a project once because car shops in Timbuktu or whereever apperently still use pcs from the 90s. so yeah as little sense as it makes 32bit is not dead yet

[SirRoderick]

well as a software developer i constanly have to use 32bit os's in virtual machines to test or find bugs clients have with their crappy hardware. 32bit is still very much out there because people dont upgrade their pcs if they aint broke( at least in some lines of work). we even had to support win98 on a project once because car shops in Timbuktu or whereever apperently still use pcs from the 90s. so yeah as little sense as it makes 32bit is not dead yet

But it SHOULD be dead on a newly released OS. You can barely run it on that hardware in the first place.

[cluelessgenius]

But it SHOULD be dead on a newly released OS. You can barely run it on that hardware in the first place.

ahh see thats not as easy to say. lets say my dads old laptop has only 2gb ram, some intel celeron whatever processor and whatever built in graphics. why sholdnt he be able to upgrade to win10? the 64bit version would just slap that 2gb of ram against the wall and call me a f*cktard. so yeah i do agree that for any new or freshly bought hardware it doesnt make sense but if you have older hardware than its great being able to upgrade anyway.