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window7 32-bit vs. 64-bit Comparison

Sep 4, 2010 2:33PM PDT

What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?

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Try this another way.
Sep 4, 2010 8:23PM PDT

If you can't list them then you could use either.

What matters to you?
Bob

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Ram
Sep 5, 2010 2:35AM PDT

For most users it's about ram limits.

32 bit.....about 3.5 GB.

64 bit.....Oh Wow.....more ram than Joe Average will ever need.

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Naturally
Sep 5, 2010 4:24AM PDT

Naturally, because who would ever need more RAM than 640K?