manuleka 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 I've just upgraded on PC to Windowns 7 x64 and i notice quite a lot of the applications i use are still on 32bit, only a handful has 64bit versions available...so i'm curious whether there is a real advantage today on using 64bit vs 32bit version of softwares? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 In my own opinion, 32 bit to 64 bit is a normal evolution.The correct way would have been (like on PowerPC) to keep strict downward compatibility, 32 bits application should always be able to run on a 64 bit machine, which is not always the case today.Adressing memory in a 64-bit word instead of a 32-bit word makes acces to huge memory applications easier, you will need twice less memory accesses. However, with the small machines you probably have (far less than 64 gigs memory) I don't think this will make any difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manuleka 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2013 aah i see... i'm just curious because i just upgraded to 64bit so my 8GB RAM is accessible/usable, most of the applications are 32bit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
