Re:Why Does Microsoft Still Offer a 32-bit OS?
by odonnellryan on Friday June 09, 2017 @05:15PM
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Haha. I helped out IT for a major corporation. This was only a few-ish years ago, but we were just moving to Windows 7 from XP.
It was funny, because the only XP image they had was 32 bit. So we had really new PCs (Dells that are now 5-7 years old) running on these 32bit machines, with no choice by their IT staff: they couldn't make a new image (was a "global IT" thing).
So, they gave us a Windows 7 image that was only 32bit. Fun getting that one sorted before it was on everyone's PCs.
It was funny, because the only XP image they had was 32 bit. So we had really new PCs (Dells that are now 5-7 years old) running on these 32bit machines, with no choice by their IT staff: they couldn't make a new image (was a "global IT" thing).
So, they gave us a Windows 7 image that was only 32bit. Fun getting that one sorted before it was on everyone's PCs.