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rbanffy on Nov 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: 64-bit Firefox for Windows should be prioritized, ...

While Windows certainly did arrive late to the 64-bit party (not entirely true - NT ran on Alphas), 32-bit processors (and limited address space) are a distant memory to most Unix (and Linux) users.

takluyver on Nov 27, 2012 | [–]

I still run 32-bit Linux on both computers, despite having 64 bit processors. One has 2GB of RAM, the other 3GB, so I see no reason to switch. Computers bought 3 years ago are hardly 'a distant memory'.

nuje on Nov 27, 2012 | [–]

Actually NT was 32-bit on Alphas. Except a later in-house experiment that never shipped.

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