During the last 3 months, Microsoft claim that the adoption of Windows Vista 64-bit has almost doubled worldwide. In the US, adoption has trebled. They have also added that the new growth of Vista appears to be on the 64-bit side, not the 32-bit everyone was using about 5 years ago. We’re guessing that this is mainly because of the widespread availability for 64-bit drivers, and 32-bit emulation mode for programs. Vista 64 will run 32-bit programs using a program called WOW64.
On their blog, they state that consumers are now realising the benefits of 4GB (or more) of memory. He then plays it safe, by saying “if you only use your PC for a few tasks, and rarely do them at the same time, then you’re unlikely to realise a measurable performance benefit today.” So, there you have it, 64-bit is now more popular than 32-bit.
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