Comment on Eric Raymond: The sound of empire fallingparentComments−smanek17yWindows has had 64 bit versions available since XP. Just like Linux. Hell, I'm running vista 64bit on my desktop (well, I can dual boot into it) right now.−rbanffy17yActually, there was a version of Windows 3.51 running on Alpha processors that was 64-bit-enabled (as the Alpha was 64-bit with no 32 bit legacy).64 bits is nothing new. I read my e-mail on 64-bit computers back in 97 or so.
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Windows has had 64 bit versions available since XP. Just like Linux. Hell, I'm running vista 64bit on my desktop (well, I can dual boot into it) right now.
Actually, there was a version of Windows 3.51 running on Alpha processors that was 64-bit-enabled (as the Alpha was 64-bit with no 32 bit legacy).
64 bits is nothing new. I read my e-mail on 64-bit computers back in 97 or so.