Moving to 64 bit

The official release of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s Windows 7 last week could mark the beginning of a turn toward 64-bit computing in the business sector as companies embark on long overdue upgrades to a new operating system.


According to a recent study, 80 percent of US respondents feel there are unspoken rules about mobile technology usage, and approximately 69 percent agreed that violations of these unspoken mobile manners are unacceptable.

The consumer market has been trending from 32-bit systems toward 64-bit computing for the past several years, with chipmakers like Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) introducing 64-bit processors for the mass market as far back as 2003.

To date, however, enterprises have held off on the architecture due to concerns about cost, compatibility, and the notion that 64-bit computing is overkill for most office apps.