neo1911 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Explain your choice. X64 Means no WOW or X86 Emulation layer. Pure 64bit where 32bit apps will not run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 i voted yes: in my experience and from talks with windows users, they have at least a quad-core, 8GB ram, 2GB graphics to even use that tile-based piece of os fluently..... :ike: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 NO. Surely you cannot be serious? That would simply destroy gaming on Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 ^^ absolutely valid point. But newer games are coming out with 64 bit support. But once the OS goes X64 only, game support will quickly catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graimer Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 It will never happend. The moment you kill 32bit software, you loose enterprise customers. There are lots of enterprise software(old software) that will never be compiled for 64bit and that costs way too much money to replace. +E.Worm Jimmy, T3X4S, Starbuck84 and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted August 17, 2014 MVC Share Posted August 17, 2014 Dropping WoW64? You've entered a new level of crazy. abecedarian paradoxious, The_Decryptor, Robot Emas and 14 others 17 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted August 17, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted August 17, 2014 32-bit software does run on 64-bit Windows. It's 16-bit software which won't work. al11588, The_Decryptor, MorganX and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted August 17, 2014 MVC Share Posted August 17, 2014 32-bit software does run on 64-bit Windows. It's 16-bit software which won't work. Not without the WoW64 layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Explain your choice. X64 Means no WOW or X86 Emulation layer. Pure 64bit where 32bit apps will not run. A version of Windows that runs hardly any apps? Great. I'd love a 64 bit only release, but not with that restriction. +E.Worm Jimmy, DConnell and bigmehdi 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted August 17, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted August 17, 2014 Not without the WoW64 layer. Ah, I did not see that part of the OP. Win9 without WOW? That'd be silly. ViperAFK, +E.Worm Jimmy, The_Decryptor and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-T- Member Posted August 17, 2014 Member Share Posted August 17, 2014 It should be x86_64 only but retain the WoW64 layer, otherwise it's go nowhere like the previous pure 64 bit windows +E.Worm Jimmy and greenwizard88 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio384 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 No, while most computers and laptops are 64bit nowadays, tablets aren't, you'll leave a lot of Windows tablets behind, and that wouldn't make a very good start. blerk 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Ahh, another day, another public poll... I think we still need both flavours for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted August 17, 2014 MVC Share Posted August 17, 2014 Not been able to run 32bit apps would be a big no, as someone else mentioned that basically kills all but the newest of PC games. Plus the majority of apps I have installed are 32bit only, with the exception of Microsoft Office and Photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I think like Server, WOW64 should be an optional (but enabled by default) feature. If you're wanting to harden a client Windows installation, being able to remove WOW64 would be a great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aokromes Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 64 bits only installer: yes. No support for 32 bits apps: no, because most of apps and games around world are 32 bits only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 As much as I would've liked to vote yes, I went with a no vote. If nothing else, there are still to many 32 bit machines out there that couldn't be upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohead Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Somone's already mentioned it, but it'd completely fail in the enterprise world - which is arguably MS's largest market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lt8480 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Support for 32 bit programs is essential as it's the majority of the applications in use. However installation wise they should be looking at 64 bit only now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Battery Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 No, it would cause too many problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 This community makes me sad. The fact that there's more than 5 votes for "yes" just shows the extent to which the community had deteriorated. Way to show a complete lack of understanding with regards to how people use their computers and what they use on them. People couldn't work out how to use the big tiles, they aren't going to be able to work out how to resolve all of their programs not working all of a sudden. Also, moving programs from 32 to 64 bit isn't as simple as flicking a switch (in most cases) it requires redesign of the programs or tweaking. Either way, not simple. Just.. bleh.. Ian W 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Absolutely. neo1911 and articuno1au 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articuno1au Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Absolutely. Merry Birthdaymas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 People need to understand that WoW64 does not impact performance, and that (besides some advanced calculations) everything 32bit runs just as fast as 64bit. It's not emulation or anything, x86-64 processors are perfectly capable of running 32bit code natively. BajiRav 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech085 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 64bit only no 32bit disc or downloads only available in 64bit version get rid of 32bit already. ppl who still buy 32bit are either elderly or retarded. neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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