With the upcoming release of Windows 7, the question is raised again on whether you should install the 32-bit version (x86) of the operating system or move up to 64-bit (x64). This is something that's ...

I've been following most of the Windows 7 threads and haven't seen this asked yet... Here's my dilemma. I have pretty old hardware although it will support 64-bit, and only 2GB RAM so I don't ...

Ask Ars was one of the first features of the newly born Ars Technica back in 1998. And now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. Each week, we'll dig into our bag of ...

Along with the launch of 32-bit Chrome 37, Google today also released the 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows 7 and Windows 8 in the stable channel. Nevertheless ...

One of the common choices today is whether to run a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system on desktop machines. Since 32-bit operating systems have been in production for many years, 32-bit still seems to ...

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum which is better: the 32- or 64-bit version of Windows 7. You can run today’s versions of Windows on 32-bit processors–a ...

Ken wrote in saying he loves PCWorld, natch, and that he wants to know the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. I have to admit this isn’t something I’ve thought about in a long ...

When Windows is installed on your computer it can be installed as a 32-bit version or a 64-bit version. For most people, whether they use a 32-bit or a 64-bit version of Windows does not make a ...