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Is there anyone left on 32 bit at this point in time on their daily driver? Windows, Linux, OSX, they've all been 64 bit for many iterations now.

cpeterso 7y ago
About 24% of Firefox users still run a 32-bit OS, though gamers probably have newer hardware and software than the average Firefox user. See "Browsers by Architecture" in the Firefox Hardware Report for a graph over time: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware
- Quarr 7y ago
  The Steam hardware survey suggests fewer than 2% of users are on non-64-bit OSes. There are more Mac users (~3%) than 32 bit users. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...
- TheRealPomax 7y ago
  As depressing as it is to say this: Firefox's marketshare is so low that we really need the Chrome numbers here. 24% of a <10% market share means "quite likely around 2.4% globally". That's basically a number that says "safe to entirely ignore in terms of userbase support" =/
  - gridspy 7y ago
    This is only true if you think that the Firefox demographic is skewed towards 32 bit computers.
    - TheRealPomax 7y ago
      other way around: it assumes most non-firefox users are on 64 bit, which is a pretty reasonable assumption given Apple's hard push for 64 bit (so that's the OSX-ers covered) and Chrome's "we've made finding the 32 bit installer _really hard_ because we don't want you to use it" move. I'm sure there are some 32 bit users in both segments, but far less than you'll find in firefox land.
romwell 7y ago
I do have a 32-bit device (Asus T100 netbook/transformer) that I use regularly enough for it to be a 'daily driver', especially when I travel. But I'd be OK with this limitation :)

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Is there anyone left on 32 bit at this point in time on their daily driver? Windows, Linux, OSX, they've all been 64 bit for many iterations now.

by TheRealPomax 7y ago

cpeterso 7y ago
About 24% of Firefox users still run a 32-bit OS, though gamers probably have newer hardware and software than the average Firefox user. See "Browsers by Architecture" in the Firefox Hardware Report for a graph over time: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware
- Quarr 7y ago
  The Steam hardware survey suggests fewer than 2% of users are on non-64-bit OSes. There are more Mac users (~3%) than 32 bit users. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...
- TheRealPomax 7y ago
  As depressing as it is to say this: Firefox's marketshare is so low that we really need the Chrome numbers here. 24% of a <10% market share means "quite likely around 2.4% globally". That's basically a number that says "safe to entirely ignore in terms of userbase support" =/
  - gridspy 7y ago
    This is only true if you think that the Firefox demographic is skewed towards 32 bit computers.
    - TheRealPomax 7y ago
      other way around: it assumes most non-firefox users are on 64 bit, which is a pretty reasonable assumption given Apple's hard push for 64 bit (so that's the OSX-ers covered) and Chrome's "we've made finding the 32 bit installer _really hard_ because we don't want you to use it" move. I'm sure there are some 32 bit users in both segments, but far less than you'll find in firefox land.
romwell 7y ago
I do have a 32-bit device (Asus T100 netbook/transformer) that I use regularly enough for it to be a 'daily driver', especially when I travel. But I'd be OK with this limitation :)