Windows 10: Windows 9 Might Not Work on 32-Bit Computers – Report

Out with the 32 bit systems!

You would not buy a new car with an engine that did not have electronic ignition!

 

My old Canon OIXMA MG3200 gave up the Ghost!

So I bought a NEW PIXMA MG3200,since I had such good service with my old one!

Canon must have dumbed down the newer editions because I have had nothing but trouble with try to get it on WiFi!

Then I read the instructions, as we all do after the fact, & it RECOMMENDED NOT USING the WiFi CONNECTION because it is to slow! My old printer was just as fast whichever way I used & I used it for YEARS!

That is why I bought the same printer, I had the printer in one place & all the computers in the house printed to it.

Now I am tied to printing from ONE computer because you can't be sure you are getting what you want!

Even my Surface Tablet! All the printer manufacturers want to do is sell ink cartridges!

Sorry about my rant but it just points out the truth of this post!

 

I would love to drive Ford T and would like to have points ignition, so much easier to repair.

 

Didn't we hear the same thing about Windows 8...and 7?

As much as I'm ready to move on from 32 bit, I've got a feeling we're still an OS refresh or two away from x64+ only.

 

No too many advantages with 32bit except for being able to run on some really old machines with which even 32bit would have problems anyway.

 

I don't even know if 32-bit machines still exist - I'm running 64-bit systems for years now, but even if someone does run an old 32-bit machine, who says that they have to be able to "upgrade" to the next version of the OS anyway? I sold my trusty iPad this month since Apple did not update its OS since version 5 (now we're talking about iOS 8). My old iPod touch does not get any OS updates (or upgrades) either. That somehow does not seem to bother anyone. But Windows somehow should support all and every ancient piece of hardware someone might possibly have. I find it curious, why do people have that attitude. Personally, I've just retired an old Pentium III PC, which happily ran Windows 2000 until last week. Of course it would be incompatible with Vista, 7, 8, and now 9. So what?

 

If in working order, nothing is stopping old computers to keep on going with OS intended for them. I think too much effort is spent too far back compatibility, newer OS is held back in that way.

 

Like I said in another thread, I would like the preview and beta versions to be x86 capable (just so I can try it out on a junker or on a VM). I am PERFECTLY fine with the RTM version being x64 only, because I'll buy another PC for it.

 

Is this such a big deal? I mean, if people still use 32-bit hardware, they'll most likely run XP anyway. *shrug*

 

There is no such thing as a general purpose 128 bit CPU. They don't exist, nor are there even any publicly shown prototypes for them. The only 128 bit (or greater) processing units you'll see are math, SSE, GPU/APU, DSP, etc... units. These are all special purpose.

You don't even find 128 bit CPU's in the super computer world. The closes thing you'll find is that the AS/400 has a "virtual" 128 bit addressing system, which is translated down to 64 bit.

We are so far from exhausting the 64 bit address space that 128 bit CPU's are still in the dream stage. General purpose CPU's count their "bitness" by their address range.. or how much memory they address. Special purpose processors tend to count their "bitness" by the largest piece of data they can work with. So even these general/special purpose comparisons are flawed.

 

There are replies to this thread, so it must be. I want to know. Sorry but I hate when you can't retrofit older hardware for new uses when they can be perfectly useful. Obviously, very little concern for what goes in the landfill.

 

The problem with 64 bit only is that it leaves out a LOT of Windows 8 and 8.1 tablets that run Atom processors in the dust. Yes, they do make 32 bit Intel Atom based tablets, the Dell Venue Pro is one example, the ASUS T100 Transformer is another. They may be quad-core SoCs, but they're 32 bit systems and have only a couple gigs of RAM. It's not just the xp era machines that will be left out, a ton of newer tablets will be too.

So either they go full on 64 bit and leave quite a few hanging for a newer PC, or they'll do 64 bit upgrading only with those devices having their own 32 bit version of Windows, or this rumor is posh and there will be 32 and 64 bit versions.

Even the Technical Preview has 32 bit versions so I say this rumor is posh.