Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Wed 7th Oct 2009 19:15 UTC, submitted by JayDee
Microsoft has been thinking about Windows 8 for a while now even through the production of Windows 7. Some information has been gathered by our friends over at Ars, and all of this said information points to possible 128-bit versions of Windows 8 and definite 128-bit versions of Windows 9. Update: Other technophiles better-versed than I in this whole 64/128-bit business pointed out that it must be for the filesystem (such as ZFS described in this article) rather than the processor and memory scheme.
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Member since:2009-07-01
Well, sorry mate but even nowadays computers come already with 6GB of memory, 4GB is the minimum where I'm living and I'm talking about laptops for general purpose.
Anyway, in the server market I've seen already systems with 256GB and now with the 8GB dimms I'll see systems with 512GB of RAM. Of course for memory address space 64-bit will be more than enough for the next 5 to 10 years I believe.
Don't forgeet about quantum computing ... there are already some prototypes and if they are getting the right dose of investigation soon they will be out here and greed for mem and more 
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Anyway, in the server market I've seen already systems with 256GB and now with the 8GB dimms I'll see systems with 512GB of RAM. Of course for memory address space 64-bit will be more than enough for the next 5 to 10 years I believe.
For the last 21 years that I've been watching, memory in a typical server has been increasing pretty reliably at a geometric rate of 50% per year. Even using your 512GB number for current servers, we're still good for 22 years. And are these 256GB and 512GB servers you speak of really running Windows?
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2005-11-09
not seeing a rush?
take a look at the CPU you are running... it is a 64 bit CPU if it was manufactured in the last 4 years.
if you are talking about software.... desktop OSs are moving to 64 bit in such a rush, that the certified for windows 7 systems have to be 64 bit systems. 4 Gigs of memory will be common place in a few years.
If you are talking about programs.... so what if it is not a 64 bit program? Most programs don't need more addressable stack space than 32 bits. 64 bit is really for the OS and a few specialized programs (probably games as well in the near future) everything else can live in 32 bit world until the end of time.