Microsoft will no longer release 32-bit (x86) Windows 10 to OEMs
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I have many 32 bit programs does that mean they will all become UWP??
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I have many 32 bit programs does that mean they will all become UWP??
There's not really any detailed information on this yet, but it may be possible in time.
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oh dear, my brain is only 32 bit, not sure that it can be upgraded.
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Windows 10 should have only been 64-bit in the first place, IMO.
This is a good move.
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To drop the ability to run 32 bit apps would be crazy. It would ensure Windows 10 would be a disaster. Want to know how many 32 bit apps you have installed? Just look under C:\Program Files (x86) and see all the applications.
I counted 64 programs in the x86 folder.
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oh dear, my brain is only 32 bit, not sure that it can be upgraded.
There are days I think my brain is only running in 16 bit mode.
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To drop the ability to run 32 bit apps would be crazy. It would ensure Windows 10 would be a disaster. Want to know how many 32 bit apps you have installed? Just look under C:\Program Files (x86) and see all the applications.
It's the 32-bit OS they are talking about, not 32-bit apps. 64-bit Windows will always (I know) be able to run 32 bit apps.
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There are days I think my brain is only running in 16 bit mode.
Just be glad it hasn't slipped down to 12-bit or 8-bit.
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Ms should have dropped x86 support a long time ago
Actually, Microsoft should have for OEM PCs back in the 65nm Core 2 era! Back in 2007, if the OEMs also agreed to install more RAM at that time, but they didn't, was commonly only 2 GB or 1 GB! Also, even back then, they should of had 5+ GB of RAM.
4 GB of RAM, might have been OK back in the Core 2 era, but it was borderline.
That's why people would have liked XP x64 Edition! RAM-usage-wise, it's what Vista should have been! Now, that would do well with only 1 GB of RAM.
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If I come across my WinXP Pro x64 disk I may pull the HDD out of my WinXP Pro x86 machine and try it on a different drive, downside will be finding drivers, wasn't much available 'back then' when I built the computer.
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