A quick, informal survey of Best Buy shows that most consumer laptops now come standard with the 64-bit version of Vista. Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor Brooke Crothers writes about mobile ...

People are beginning to use 64-bit https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Microsoft+Windows+Vista.html on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have ...

Over the past few days my inbox has been bursting at the seams from all the feedback I received from the Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2 (Part 1 / Part 2) benchmarking that I carried out. I'll tell you it's at ...

Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating system logos displayed on laptop screens. Not sure if your installed version of Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit? One quick way to tell is by looking at information ...

Unlike Apple, Microsoft does not control the hardware that its software runs on. This means that Apple can more easily move all its users to an x64 operating system: all Macs currently have 64-bit ...

Better search, more security, and fast execution of compute-intensive applications are a few of the benefits coming to a desktop near you. Over time, the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating ...

Different Windows editions have had different upper maximum RAM limits. 64-bit Windows support different amounts of memory as an SKU differentiating feature, with the low end being 512MB for Windows ...

Moving to Windows 7 from a 64-bit Vista system? Check outMicrosoft’s own free utility Windows Easy Transfer. It helps youcopy files and settings from one PC to another. (Easy Transfercomes with ...

The phrase “64-bit” has been tossed around lately, the most it’s been since the Nintendo 64. If you haven’t heard it, pay attention. One of the most important steps forward in computer power is ...

1. If this is a Retail version you can obtain "alternate media" from Microsoft. 2. Microsoft's "alternate media" web page is a bait-n-switch at the moment. The Windows Vista 64-bit DVD Retail boxes ...

With the upcoming release of Windows 7, the question is raised again on whether you should install the 32-bit version (x86) of the operating system or move up to 64-bit (x64). This is something that's ...