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32Bit or 64Bit?  How long will they last as the most used?  Take your best guess.

32 Bit - Less than 5 years.
1 (10%)
32 Bit - More than 5 years, but less than 10.
3 (30%)
32 Bit - More than 10 years.
3 (30%)
64 Bit - Less than 5 years.
0 (0%)
64 Bit - More than 5 years, but less than 10.
1 (10%)
64 Bit - More than 10 years.
1 (10%)
Neither will be around in 5 years
0 (0%)
Neither will be around in 10 years
1 (10%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Author Topic: 32Bit or 64Bit? How long will they last as the most used? Take your best guess  (Read 5786 times)

CodeTRUCKER

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This conversation has recenly come up so I thought I would put it to a vote on DC. 
Inquiring minds want to know!  :D

Eóin

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Need to be able to pick more than one option!

Anyway I say both will still be here in 10+ years time. As will their successor(s?).

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I think 32-bit has already been "most used" for the past ten years, hasn't it?

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Need to be able to pick more than one option!

Anyway I say both will still be here in 10+ years time. As will their successor(s?).

Tried to do that for you, but it won't let me edit that option, Sorry. :(

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End users don't need 64 bit yet. Never seen a home user having to work with files of that size.
(So most things he does is whinging in boards "why does my application not start in 64 bit mode?" ...)

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End users don't need 64 bit yet.

We need it for our massive amounts of RAM! :P

Tuxman

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Ah, yes, 8 GB RAM. 6 of those will never be used anyway, but who cares ...  ;D

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I like my OS being able to manage 8gb, even if most my apps are still 32bit :)

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I like my OS being able to manage 8gb, even if most my apps are still 32bit :)

At least two things are constant.
  • You can never have too much RAM.
  • You can never have too much disk space.

Maybe we ought to make it a triad...
  • You can never have too much speed!  Vaaaarrroooommm!

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End users don't need 64 bit yet. Never seen a home user having to work with files of that size.
(So most things he does is whinging in boards "why does my application not start in 64 bit mode?" ...)
You don't need a 64bit CPU to handle huge files - it just makes it easier to do so with memory-mapped files. There's home users authoring their own BluRay discs...

Ah, yes, 8 GB RAM. 6 of those will never be used anyway, but who cares ...  ;D
Oh really? Depends on how many applications you run. Also, on a 64bit OS, 32bit applications (the ones marked large-address aware) can utilize full 4GB of memory, WoW64 doesn't have the 2:2/3:1 memory split that 32bit Windows has.
- carpe noctem

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Most people I know with an eminent amount of RAM don't use it for doing more productive stuff, they just fill it with useless gimmicks "because it's there".