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“Somehow”? 32-bit Windows still exists.
by TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
“Somehow”?
32-bit Windows still exists.
- TylerE 9y agoIntel hasn't sold a 32bit chip in over 10 years.
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y agoYes, but machines with 64-bit CPUs are still being sold with 32-bit OSes for various reasons.
- saurik 9y agoOne reason being "to run my old 32-bit software".
- marcoperaza 9y agoYou are mistaken. 32 bit software runs flawlessly on 64 bit Windows.
- saurik 9y agoOh, sorry: I meant 16-bit software (which does not run flawlessly on 64-bit Windows but does run on 32-bit Window).
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y agoI assume you mean that it does not run at all. 64-bit Windows lacks NTVDM.
- userbinator 9y agoThese are still in production: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quark They're essentially a 486 core with some Pentium instructions added.
- catdog 9y agoWhile technically correct sth. like the Quark is probably not what he meant but some earlier models of the Atom lineup (<= 10y, 2008 onwards) are 32bit chips. There are chips released as late as 2011 [1] which lack 64 bit support. [1] http://ark.intel.com/products/55663/Intel-Atom-Processor-Z670-512K-Cache-1_50-GHz http://ark.intel.com/products/55663/Intel-Atom-Processor-Z67...
- mappu 9y agoNot only does it still exist, devices running 32-bit Windows 10 are still actively sold. I purchased one in 2016 (Intel compute stick) and another in 2017 (Ollee D1016W). Both have 64-bit capable Atom CPUs, but were deliberately shipped with a 32-bit userland (presumably to save on disk space).
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y agoYep. I bought a brand new Windows tablet, what, a year ago? It runs 32-bit Windows.
- voltagex_ 9y agoThe interesting thing about those (Z series Atom, right?) is they're 64 bit capable, but have a 32 bit UEFI environment.