Every few years, we encounter a massive change in computing standards, like when televisions went from black and white to color, or when serial and parallel ports were replaced with USB. These days, ...

Remember the early 90's when we were transitioning from 16-bit to 32-bit operating systems? Some people were unimpressed, but I think most of us could see that 32-bit systems were going to solve an ...

At the launch of Microsoft's 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 late last month, Bill Gates promised great things for the "64-bit decade". The transition from 8-bit computing to ...

At Microsoft’s annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in April 2005, Bill Gates predicted that 64-bit hardware, operating systems, and software would “transform the way we work and ...

Raymond Chen recently shared another interesting tidbit about the inner workings of Windows 95. The original 32-bit consumer operating system had a "secret" fast-restart feature, which ...

You're probably aware that 64-bit and 32-bit versions of your operating system exist, but apart from ascribing to a bigger-is-better philosophy, you may have no idea ...

One of the biggest points of confusion around Apple’s newest version of Mac OS X is about whether it’s really a 64-bit or a 32-bit operating system. Apple bills Snow Leopard as supporting 64-bit from ...

While most people have probably made the switch by now, yet another reason to drop 32-bit operating systems and move to 64-bits is coming. Version 390 of Nvidia's graphics drivers, likely to arrive in ...

Nvidia has announced that it will end support for 32-bit operating systems this month, including Windows 10. The company states: Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance enhancements, new ...

As far as I know, your admin friend is smoking crack. There is no difference in the SMB protocol between 64 and 32 bit Windows. Now between Windows 2003 and 2008 there might be a difference ...