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Microsoft has informed users of an issue that prevents Windows 7 from starting after the computer the OS is installed on has been forced shut down. According to the Redmond company, this issue affects the 32-bit flavors of all Windows 7 editions. In order to replicate the scenario, end users need only to force the ma... |
7 October 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Developer Markus Winter has released a new version of his startup mode tool for Mac OS X, 32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector 1.3. The new release adds four key improvements. Mac OS X 10.6 32-64-Bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector is free to download and use, but donations are highly encouraged. Mac OS X 10.6 32... |
7 September 2009
08:07 GMT |
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Developer Markus Winter has updated his 32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector to version 1.2.1 with added support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Apple’s latest OS release. The Intel-only app not only shows whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit processor, but also allows you to select whether you want to s... |
28 August 2009
10:13 GMT |
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Microsoft won't follow the example set with Office 2010 with the next iteration of its development platform and tools, when it comes down to providing a 64-bit flavor of Visual Studio 2010 in addition to the existing, and traditional 32-bit variant. The Redmond company is sticking with a 32-bit exclusive strateg... |
11 June 2009
10:56 GMT |
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The leaked 32-bit variant of Windows 7 Build 7048 followed the 64-bit release of the operating system's development milestone to torrent trackers. Both releases made it out of Redmond into the hands of company partners and from there in the wild where the bits are available for download for all users with a BitT... |
10 March 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Windows 7 ushers in a new era, one in which 32-bit support is not only not the standard, but on the brink of being discarded entirely and nothing more than optional. With the evolution of the Windows operating system post-Windows Vista RTM, Microsoft has found itself at the heart of the transition from 32-bit to 64-b... |
10 February 2009
08:45 GMT |
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Microsoft is exploring the possibility of delivering Windows 8 exclusively for 64-bit. As far as the next iteration of Windows is concerned, the Redmond company already confirmed that Windows 7 would come in both x86 and x64 flavors. While no word is still out on whether Windows 8 will feature both 32-bit and 64-bit ... |
25 November 2008
10:22 GMT |
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Back in 2007, because of the ubiquity of 32-bit architectures, and the market's slow migration pace toward 64-bit computing, Microsoft announced that the next version of the Windows client, Windows 7, would be delivered in both x86 and x64 flavors. In the year of Vista's launch, and even after the general a... |
15 August 2008
15:21 GMT |
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The evolution of Windows in parallel with computing architectures can be mapped out in accordance to the following marks: 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit and even further along. But while milestones have the potential to offer a consistent growth in terms of performance, they also come with inherent setbacks when it comes do... |
1 August 2008
11:40 GMT |
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Moving onward from Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows 7, Microsoft is gearing up for the death of 32-bit versions of the Windows client. On the server-side, Window's transition to 64-bit only architectures is almost complete, with Windows Server 2008 being the last server opera... |
31 July 2008
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The Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment for Windows is not a Microsoft project per se. SAGE was developed by the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is a stranger to the project. In fact, NCMIR acknowledged support from Microsoft, namely the Researc... |
12 May 2008
06:36 GMT |
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The 64-bit edition of Windows Vista delivers not only support for larger quantities of system memory, with the high-end editions supporting as much as 128 GB of RAM, but also some extra horse power hidden under the hood. Essentially, in terms of performance, x64 Vista manages to best all the alternatives available un... |
29 April 2008
12:02 GMT |
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Apple is without any doubt among the privileged crowd that gets to take the first shots at Microsoft's jugular, delivering jabs without hesitation. The Get a Mac video ads are an illustrative example in this context, but at the same time, while its marketing campaigns point end users in one direction, Apple has ... |
25 April 2008
13:04 GMT |
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 is here. Well, almost here, as Microsoft prepares to release the service pack to the general public on April 29, even though leaked builds of the final XP SP3 are already available for download, following the release to manufacturing milestone on April 21, 2008. However, end users have to un... |
25 April 2008
11:06 GMT |
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The wait is over. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM is now available for download. Both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions of the service pack are up for grabs. Microsoft confirmed the information leaked by Amazon.com at the end of the past week that Vista SP1 was going to be made available on March 18, 2008. And the ... |
18 March 2008
13:40 GMT |
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Windows Vista computers that come equipped with more than 4 GB of system memory have limited shut-down options. Essentially, the Hibernate option is no longer available on Vista machines that feature in excess of 4 GB of RAM. This scenario affects both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions of Vista, but at the same time... |
17 March 2008
12:26 GMT |
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When it comes down to the 32-bit Windows Vista vs. 64-bit Windows Vista, the comparison generally focuses on the added benefits synonymous with handling system memory. Because the address space of 64-bit Vista is not limited to 4GB, users are able to use a maximum of 128 GB of RAM with the Ultimate, Business and Ente... |
20 February 2008
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The 64-bit CPU technology came tumbling down and dragged with it more than a new generation of operating systems with its additional programs and stuff. The new CPU architecture left the users pondering whether it's worth investing significant amounts of money for upgrading from 32- to 64-bit operating systems.6... |
13 February 2008
08:57 GMT |
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Installing 64-bit Windows Vista Service Pack 1 from a 32-bit image of Vista SP1 is a move that has become possible with the latest stage in evolution of the latest Windows client. Along with a range of enhancements, Vista SP1 comes to the table with setup and deployment improvements. While end users will be only supe... |
7 February 2008
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Yes, you can turn the 32-bit SKUs of Windows Vista into the 64-bit editions of the operating system. But it will cost you... Vista is the first client platform that features both the x86 and x64 flavors simultaneously, on the market since the moment of launch. Although Microsoft delivers the operating system on a sin... |
29 January 2008
11:28 GMT |
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While Apple has already made the jump to exclusively 64-bit architectures with Mac OS X, Microsoft is lagging behind, and is still in the transition process from x86 to x64 with the Windows operating system. The reason why the Redmond company has shipped all the editions of Windows Vista in both 32-bit and 64-bit ver... |
15 January 2008
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There is little doubt that 64-bit architectures are the future, as far as the parallel evolution of processors and operating systems goes. But when it comes down to Windows, the 32-bit version of the platform will survive not only with Windows Vista, but also with Windows 7. At this point in time, among the scarce de... |
11 January 2008
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Microsoft is increasingly gearing up for the availability of the first service pack for Windows Vista. But at the same time, even with the close proximity of Vista SP1 RTM, the Redmond company continues to serve bits and pieces of the service pack via Windows Update. Even as Vista hit the shelves, the relevance of th... |
9 January 2008
10:30 GMT |
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With Windows Vista, Microsoft delivered both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors concomitantly, a first for the company, whose Windows XP x64 Professional (April, 2005) was launched one year after Windows XP SP2 (August 2005) and four after the initial 32-bit Windows XP (2001). For the Redmond company and the PC-centered u... |
8 January 2008
10:56 GMT |
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32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB. But, the fact of the matter is that 32-bit Windows XP or Windows Vista will not use more than 3.2 GB to a maximum of 3.5 GB o... |
4 January 2008
11:03 GMT |
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There is a veritable flood of ATI Radeon graphics card updates available from Microsoft. In fact, the volume of driver updates designed to address both 32-bit and 64-bit copies of Windows Vista running on systems also using ATI Radeon graphics cards is close to 40,000, as Microsoft explained. In the recent period, Wi... |
10 September 2007
10:36 GMT |
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One of the core differences between 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista is of course how much system memory the two variants of Microsoft's latest operating systems can use. You have to understand that Microsoft alone limited 32-bit Vista to a maximum of 4 GB of RAM while taking the high-end editions of ... |
31 August 2007
13:01 GMT |
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Windows Vista "out of memory" errors are intimately connected with the way the operating system manages virtual address space. On Microsoft's latest operating system, applications have their very own private virtual address space. You must understand that there is no correlation between the virtual address space... |
29 August 2007
10:55 GMT |
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There are only scarce details available about Windows Seven. Microsoft recently talked about the successor of Windows Vista during a sales meeting, in an effort to provide at least some information to its Software Assurance customers tied to the delivery date of the next version of the Windows platform. And the Redmo... |
2 August 2007
08:16 GMT |
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I know the title is a bit of a mouth full, but just bear with me, it will make sense in the end. Windows Vista comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. The x64 versions of the operating systems are intimately connected with x64 architectures, but since such platforms can also run 32-bit versions of the Windows operat... |
13 July 2007
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Windows Vista comes to the market in an array of flavors. In addition to the core Windows Vista editions Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate, Microsoft is also offering the Starter and Enterprise versions, as well as two variants for the European market of Home Basic and Business. And as this wasn't ... |
5 June 2007
09:33 GMT |
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32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista are not twin operating systems. While the infrastructure is identical, the two versions of the platforms are not similar down to the last detail. Users weighing carefully between x86 and x64 Vista variants should understand the differences between what each operating has to... |
25 May 2007
07:29 GMT |
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Microsoft is firmly on track to delivering exclusively 64-bit operating systems, and in this context, Windows Server Longhorn will be the last server platform to support 32-bit architectures. However, Bill Laing, general manager of the Windows Server division, delivering the announcement, made no specific reference o... |
17 May 2007
09:27 GMT |
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It's a known fact that 32-bit platforms have limitations when it comes to address volumes of memory larger or equal to 4 GB. And in this respect, the x86 editions of Windows Vista are no exception. Vista will literally eat up RAM, swallowing a consistent amount, larger than 500 MB in the scenario where you would... |
2 April 2007
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Recently, Apple has crushed speculations that it had delayed the release of Mac OS X Leopard until October 2007 because of Windows Vista. According to rumors, Apple was postponing Leopard in order to make Boot Camp an integer part of the operating system. Boot Camp is a solution designed by Apple in order to enable M... |
29 March 2007
04:46 GMT |
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What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista? This is one of the most common questions raised by users. For the first time in the evolution of Windows, Microsoft is delivering the core Windows Vista editions both for 32-bit and in 64-bit. The difference is not in terms of features, optio... |
26 March 2007
06:48 GMT |
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Windows Vista is a system resource hog. There is little doubt as to that. But to go from there to Windows Vista actually eating up RAM... Well, in fact you shouldn't blame Windows Vista for missing RAM in a certain scenario. The scenario I am talking about is a 32-bit configuration with 4 GB of RAM. The system i... |
16 March 2007
12:23 GMT |
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In its first month of commercial availability, Windows Vista only managed to outperform Linux and grow its share on the operating system market to 0.93%. However, Windows 98 and 2000, not to talk about Windows XP, are still in front of Windows Vista with shares of 1.5% and 4.75%. One of the reasons for which this has... |
14 March 2007
09:28 GMT |
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