Browser 32 bit or 64 bit  

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  1. 1. Browser 32 bit or 64 bit?

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It's 2016... Why would anyone be using any 32-bit program if had a 64-bit option? The difference is negotiable with a browser (speed wise). I am waiting for multi-process support to drop in Firefox stable (or even beta) already.

  On 04/03/2016 at 01:12, oldtimefighter said:

It's 2016... Why would anyone be using any 32-bit program if had a 64-bit option? The difference is negotiable with a browser (speed wise). I am waiting for multi-process support to drop in Firefox stable (or even beta) already.

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LOL, plenty of reasons why people use 32-bit app's in 2016.

 

I'm using 32-bit Chrome not for any real reason than I just do.

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  On 04/03/2016 at 02:21, offroadaaron said:

LOL, plenty of reasons why people use 32-bit app's in 2016.

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No, there is only one real reason... An old PC.

 

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  On 04/03/2016 at 02:30, oldtimefighter said:

No... One reason you have old PC.

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LOL Nope.... Has nothing to do with old PC's but good try, this is just one:

 

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx

 

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We recommend the 32-bit version of Office for most users, because it's more compatible with most other applications, especially third-party add-ins. This is why the 32-bit version of Office 2013 is installed by default, even on 64-bit Windows operating systems. On these systems, the 32-bit Office client is supported as a Windows-32-on-Windows-64 (WOW64) installation. WOW64 is the x86 emulator that enables 32-bit Windows-based applications to run seamlessly on 64-bit Windows systems. This lets users continue to use existing Microsoft ActiveX Controls and COM add-ins with 32-bit Office.

 

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I don't see it as being a really big issue at this point. Maybe at some point in the future, but it is like many 32/64 bit apps in that we are moving - slowly - to full 64 bit builds, but there isn't a strong force pushing people towards it. Certainly not from browsers (barring extreme situations)

  On 04/03/2016 at 02:32, offroadaaron said:

LOL Nope.... Has nothing to do with old PC's but good try, this is just one:

 

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx

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Good try but #fail. I did establish it's 2016 in my first post yes? Thanks for the update on a three year old product and no I am not counting Office 365... There a similar warning for Office 2016? Hey, there are exceptions for every rule but 99% of the time one is going to go with the 64-bit version.

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  On 04/03/2016 at 02:43, oldtimefighter said:

Good try but #fail. I did establish it's 2016 in my first post yes? Thanks for the update on a three year old product and no I am not counting Office 365... There a similar warning for Office 2016? Hey, there are exceptions for every rule but 99% of the time one is going to go with the 64-bit version.

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Nice try:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-the-32-bit-or-64-bit-version-of-Office-2dee7807-8f95-4d0c-b5fe-6c6f49b8d261

 

Compatibility is still an issue with some 64-bit programs so before you say fail have a good long think ;)

 

99%, really, got a link to back that up?

 

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  On 04/03/2016 at 03:30, offroadaaron said:

Nice try:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-the-32-bit-or-64-bit-version-of-Office-2dee7807-8f95-4d0c-b5fe-6c6f49b8d261

 

Compatibility is still an issue with 64-bit programs so before you say fail have a good long think ;)

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I was wrong when asked if this applied to Office 2016? Ok... Did you confuse the reasons to use the 64-bit version listed FIRST in this link of yours with the limited use case reasons to use the 32-bit version listed later? LOL

 

You have one partial example of one program so you are a long way from even getting to 1% of 32-bit programs one should use over their 64-bit counterpart.

  On 04/03/2016 at 03:57, oldtimefighter said:

I was wrong when asked if this applied to Office 2016? Ok... Did you confuse the reasons to use the 64-bit version listed FIRST in this link of yours with the limited use case reasons to use the 32-bit version listed later? LOL

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I'm just going to leave that alone and let you think what you like...

 

  On 04/03/2016 at 03:57, oldtimefighter said:

You have one partial example of one program so you are a long way from even getting to 1% of 32-bit programs one should use over their 64-bit counterpart.

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  On 04/03/2016 at 02:43, oldtimefighter said:

there are exceptions for every rule but 99% of the time one is going to go with the 64-bit version.

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99% of the time one is going to install the 64-bit version....

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  On 04/03/2016 at 04:05, offroadaaron said:

I'm just going to leave that alone and let you think what you like...

 

 

99% of the time one is going to install the 64-bit version....

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You know a browser is just one type of program right? I guess we can't argue with this overwhelming sample of 17 people (on Neowin no less). LOL Sorry, almost everyone should be using a 64-bit browser at home as there is no real reason not to...

 

Well, you had no counter to my other point so we are done here but thanks for the discussion.

 

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  On 04/03/2016 at 04:20, oldtimefighter said:

You know a browser is just one type of program right? I guess we can't argue with this overwhelming sample of 17 people (on Neowin).

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99% is 99% how many people do we need to make it legitimate. Changing the rules during the game...

  On 04/03/2016 at 01:12, oldtimefighter said:

It's 2016... Why would anyone be using any 32-bit program if had a 64-bit option? The difference is negotiable with a browser (speed wise). I am waiting for multi-process support to drop in Firefox stable (or even beta) already.

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Because not everything supports 64 bit versions, for example some addons for Access do not work with the 64bit version, same with outlook, same with excel. You seem to have this thought that if anyone does something differently than you, it is automatically wrong. 

 

  On 04/03/2016 at 03:30, offroadaaron said:

Nice try:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-the-32-bit-or-64-bit-version-of-Office-2dee7807-8f95-4d0c-b5fe-6c6f49b8d261

 

Compatibility is still an issue with some 64-bit programs so before you say fail have a good long think ;)

 

99%, really, got a link to back that up?

 

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Of course he doesnt have any links to back that, hes known to throw out random stats and never back them up.

 

 

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I was taught by a friend about this issue about bits. He stated;

 

think of bits as lanes on a highway. we used to use 16 bit software in the windows 95/98 era. then we went to 32 bit and now 64 bit. the higher the bits, the more data can be pushed through. I would probably guess that, a 32 bit browser, say google chrome is considerably slower than google chrome 64 bit in rendering webpages.

 

I'm guessing here from what I remember..

  On 04/03/2016 at 04:48, T3X4S said:

I didnt even know there was a 64-bit version of chrome - I just never even thought about it. :blush:


Just switched over - just cause - 64 is a larger number than 32 - and larger numbers are better :D

 

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:laugh:

 

 

I truly admire the simplicity of your thinking process.      ;)

 

 

 

I'm using Firefox 32 bit.  I just haven't bothered to try the 64 bit version lately.

 

 

 

 

 

  On 04/03/2016 at 05:02, chrisj1968 said:

I was taught by a friend about this issue about bits. He stated;

 

think of bits as lanes on a highway. we used to use 16 bit software in the windows 95/98 era. then we went to 32 bit and now 64 bit. the higher the bits, the more data can be pushed through. I would probably guess that, a 32 bit browser, say google chrome is considerably slower than google chrome 64 bit in rendering webpages.

 

I'm guessing here from what I remember..

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No to pretty much everything you typed.

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