max22 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Which one do you use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted March 3, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted March 3, 2016 64 ... for no particular reason except 64 > 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted March 3, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted March 3, 2016 I use Cyberfox 64 Bit. Works far better than Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I was using Firefox 64 for a bit, but I was having too many odd issues with it, so I went back to 32, honestly can't see any difference. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 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. Nogib 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted March 4, 2016 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2016 Only benefit to having 64bit Firefox is that it blocks plugins other than Flash and Silverlight, so of course that's what I'm running. goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, 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. 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. Edited March 4, 2016 by offroadaaron +Raze and Circaflex 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 11 minutes ago, offroadaaron said: LOL, plenty of reasons why people use 32-bit app's in 2016. No, there is only one real reason... An old PC. EDITED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, oldtimefighter said: No... One reason you have old PC. 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 Quote 32-bit Office is recommended for most users 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. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2016 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 30 minutes ago, 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 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. Edited March 4, 2016 by oldtimefighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 64 bit, I finally got around to switching from 32 bit to 64 bit recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, 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. 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? Edited March 4, 2016 by offroadaaron Circaflex 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 10 minutes ago, 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, 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 I'm just going to leave that alone and let you think what you like... 15 minutes ago, 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. 1 hour ago, oldtimefighter said: there are exceptions for every rule but 99% of the time one is going to go with the 64-bit version. 99% of the time one is going to install the 64-bit version.... Edited March 4, 2016 by offroadaaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimefighter Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 18 minutes ago, 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.... 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. EDITED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 3 minutes ago, oldtimefighter said: Well, you had no counter to my other point so we are done here but thanks for the discussion. Thank you for playing, thank you for providing no facts in your argument. Over and out. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, 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). 99% is 99% how many people do we need to make it legitimate. Changing the rules during the game... +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, 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. 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. 1 hour ago, 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? Of course he doesnt have any links to back that, hes known to throw out random stats and never back them up. Edited March 4, 2016 by Circaflex +Raze and offroadaaron 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I didnt even know there was a 64-bit version of chrome - I just never even thought about it. Just switched over - just cause - 64 is a larger number than 32 - and larger numbers are better Circaflex and +Raze 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I dunno, whatever version of Chrome is default. Doesn't really bother me. Office 32 bit over 64 bit, unless you have gigantic excel files, or you need to use Outlook 2016 to use funky IMAP\Exchange 2010+ restore stuff. offroadaaron 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 16 bit, more like MS-DOS and Windows < 3.11 Chris... 32bit was def around in Windows 9x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 19 minutes ago, T3X4S said: I didnt even know there was a 64-bit version of chrome - I just never even thought about it. Just switched over - just cause - 64 is a larger number than 32 - and larger numbers are better 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. T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) 14 minutes ago, 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.. No to pretty much everything you typed. binaryzero, +Raze and offroadaaron 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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