Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 15:45 UTC, submitted by anevilyak
"Bill Laing, a General Manager in the Microsoft Windows Server Division, has been quoted as saying that Windows Server 2008 will be the last 32-bit operating system. Bill is a server guy and indeed Windows Server 2008 is the last 32-bit server operating system - all future operating systems for server hardware from Microsoft beyond Windows Server 2008 will be 64-bit. A few folks took Bill's comments on Windows Server and applied them to Windows Client deriving that Windows Vista would be the last 32-bit operating system. That is an incorrect extension. While Windows Vista includes both 32-bit and 64-bit and there is a growing community of drivers for 64-bit Windows Vista we have not decided when Windows Client will follow Windows Server and become 64-bit only."
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2006-08-18
The way Window's system requirements are heading I believe it. Only 64 bit dual or quad core chips will have enough might to handle the bloat of future Windows OSes.
Linux and BSD on the other hand can still be made to work on a modest 486 or Pentium 1 system with X11 and a lightweight desktop environment. Without X and a desktop environment, perhaps even a 386 DX.
No X11 is a popular configuration on *nix servers. So thats a good way of prolonging the life of very old systems before they are shipped to e-dumps in 3rd world countries.
Edited 2007-05-18 16:11