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    penguiniator: What... are peripheral manufacturers going to all dump 32-bit drivers, bypass 64-bit drivers, and jump straight to 128-bit drivers in one fell swoop? ... more »
    hblair66000001002: What is it with people with their taskbars at the top of the screen? Linux/OSX fanboys are the only ones writing articles? more »
    Ursus Maritimus: Mmmm, 128-bit. Does that mean 16 and 32GB sticks of DDR4? more »
    ceilingFANBOY: Does anyone else find it a bit stalkerish the way they tracked down resumes of Microsoft employees and looked through them for hints as to what featur... more »
    fluidstates: Amen. pete1061. "We're big on 64-bit OSes" yet far too often the most current 64-bit OS (read: Vista 64) turns into nothing more than a HUGE PITA bec... more »
    drsmith: The real question here is *why*? I understand the limitations of 32bit (32bit values roll over at the 4GB mark), but we have no current limitations w... more »
    madog: When it comes out in 37 years it'll be greatly appreciated, and potentially necessary. more »
    Barry99705: Great. Now we'll have the same retards asking if so and so is 128bit compatible. When we ask why they need 128bit, they'll say "because 128bit is be... more »
    dagamer34: It's called planning ahead. You don't make an entire OS 64-bit compatible overnight. Heck, because Windows XP wasn't designed with 64-bit compatibilit... more »
    fastm3driver: Talk is cheap. -Win FS team... more »
    ryno365: Jeez. Doesnt 64 bit support like a few hundred Gigs of ram? I can understand it if they want to start developing 128bit, but releasing a 128 bit os?... more »
    BeerManMike: 2023: Newegg "shell shocker", 2eb stick of DDR20 only 24.98 after MiR!!! more »
    anotirky: Plagiarism :-/ copied from msftkitchen http://msftkitchen.com/2009/10/exclusive-windows-8-and-windows-9-kernals-to-support-128-bit-architecture.html more »
    Noobs-R-Us: and I should care because?.... more »
    JonathanS: "Vista 64-bit being the first consumer-usable 64-bit version of Windows" I'm typing this from a workstation running Windows XP x64, 2003 edition - whe... more »
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