Forget 32-bit XP SP3, It's All About 64-bit Vista SP1
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversBack in 2007, because of the ubiquity of 32-bit architectures, and the market's slow migration pace toward 64-bit computing, Microsoft announced that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 availability of Service Pack 1, 32-bit Windows continued to be ubiquitous, with the 64-bit gaining some ground, especially due to the release of x64 Vista, but failing to achieve sufficient traction to make x86 a thing of the past.
However, the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit is indeed taking its natural course, with Microsoft revealing at the end of July that it had detected what it referred to as a "dramatic increase [in] the percentage of 64-bit PCs connecting to Windows Update." In this context, Christopher Flores, director Windows Communications, signaled the fact that Windows was essentially at a juncture that would make the 64-bit versions of the operating system mainstream. According to Flores, worldwide, the install base of 64-bit Windows Vista PCs had tripled.
In all fairness, it seems that Windows XP is increasingly left behind despite the release of Service Pack 3, which is available only for the 32-bit version of the operating system. x64 XP never succeeded in capturing sufficient market share in comparison to the x86 variant, and it looks like now is the time of Windows Vista.
In the video embedded at the bottom of this article you will be able to see Bruce Burns, group program manager in the Windows Core Operating System Division along with Gary Schare with the Windows Product Management Group, discuss the implications of the recent boost in 64-bit Windows Vista adoption.
"For a long time [64-bit] wasn't even a consideration for most consumers. Basically 64-bit was something superenthusiasts did, high end gaming rigs, maybe scientific applications, and of course on the server. 64-bit has been on the server for a while. But on the desktop it wasn't a big deal, but then what happened was that memory got super cheap. So now all the PC makers are saying "hey, we can load this PCs with memory so you can do more," which means they hit the 4GB limit and behold, got to go to 64-bit," Schare explained.
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Comments(11)
we need that sp3 for xp-64. they need to hurry up and release it
xp64 is based on 2003 server which had sp2 released last year. it's a different codebase
so they don't follow the same update schedule.
no one i know runs 64bit. i am in tech support and the only 64bit is microsoft server.
all the peeps are running mostly 32bit xp. i see very little vista and the ones i do are
32bit and the user usually has complaints.
i think they should make windows 7
just 64bit. if it is the future why are they still messing around with 32bit. give people
a reason to upgrade from xp please. or just keep them security updates flowing for xp and
we'll all be happy.
i believe win 7 will be 64 bit with 32 bit compatibility. could be wrong tho
they can track how many computers and also what version of windows they use when they
update using windows update. simple isn't it
windows vista x64 sp1 is the best os i have ever used, period.
i guess that's the only os you've ever used then, trix.
amiga os 3.1 is the best os i ever used.
well, os2/warp was great too, but it did not catch on.. i have vista64 and its rock
stable and working well on my pretty modern computer. whenever i try xp now, it feels
dated and old.
trix is right, vista x64 sp1 is the best os out there, providing it's fed with a core 2
duo and 2gb ram
vista is almost a trojanhorse by itsself, obviously most of the people reading up on
keznews are not realy into security.
read up a bit and you'll gladly leave vista
behind again!
i'm not ready to use vista for the upcoming year, and since x64
systems can't run a lot of decent securitysoftware (caused by the ingenious patchguard)
it's just not safe to use in sensitive/private or corporate environments.
(and.. yes, i did run vista for a while, it worked nicely as a whole, but just can't
compete on the security level due to exploitable flaws and patchguard which prevents my
own security measurements)
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