--- layout: post status: publish published: true title: Windows, yes! 64-bit one, not it's time yet. author: display_name: '' login: '' email: '' url: '' wordpress_id: 161 wordpress_url: http://blog.10ninox.com/2008/04/21/windows-yes-64-bit-one-not-its-time-yet/ date: '2008-04-21 02:11:13 +0700' date_gmt: '2008-04-21 07:11:13 +0700' categories: - opinion - software tags: - opinion - software ---
I don't know how people choose their OS from but for me I choose Windows Vista 32-bit for my primary machine. Why? You'll know from the listing below--important thing always comes first.
From all 3 factors above, choices will come down to 2 which are Windows 32-bit & 64-bit. For friend factor, they look alike & work the same, so nothing to worry about. For hardware compatibility issue, they are almost on par for both systems nowadays (if you don't have such a rare item, you won't find any trouble with 64-bit anyway) However, the problem comes down to software compatibility. You still have to use 32-bit browser to watch flash contents; you still have to use many 32-bit software. Although they are running flawlessly under 64bit system, one thing I found it wouldn't work is OneNote. They are no OneNote virtual printer for 64-bit system. It's just a deal breaker to me. Yet there is no one to blame since we all are okay embrace older system while we all already have newer stuff around. That's just why we haven't had a big step forward. I mean 64-bit system is getting better and better now but if you have to put more effort to get things work and result are the same, why wouldn't we go easier route for now? Then when things have changed, so can we. This is how and why I choose 32-bit Windows as my main operating system.