Is anyone here still using a 32 bit operating system?

[Kinsie]

Windows 3.1 was absolutely not suited to games at all. There were a number of valiant attempts to sandpaper over the cracks like WinG, each with their own pros and cons. The Win3.1 port of Westwood's Lion King game had enough widespread compatibility issues that it really bought the situation to a head, resulting in the beginning of what ultimately became DirectX.

 

That any non-puzzle games were able to run on pre-95 Windows is one of those tiny miracles.

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

I really see no benefit of using 32 bit operating systems unless you absolutely cannot afford a 64 bit computer, and even then, I don't know many *supported* 32 bit OS' aside of a few GNU/Linux distros (ArchLinux32 exists for example, I think Debian and Gentoo also support 32 bit), maybe FreeBSD as well. Maybe if you require legacy software that only runs on 32 bit, but aside from that, it's best to just switch to 64 bit.

And since some other guys are dropping their specs, I might as well drop mine too, low end hardware but thanks to Arch It Just Works^TM.

Spoiler

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: HP EliteBook 8440p
Kernel: 6.4.1-arch2-1
Uptime: 2 hours, 38 mins
Packages: 871 (pacman), 5 (flatpak)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 1366x768
WM: dwm
Theme: Arc-Gruvbox [GTK2/3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
Terminal: st
Terminal Font: NotoColorEmoji
CPU: Intel i7 M 620 (4) @ 2.667GHz
GPU: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Memory: 1970MiB / 3783MiB

 

[Herr Dethnout]

41 minutes ago, xX_Lol6_Xx said:

I really see no benefit of using 32 bit operating systems unless you absolutely cannot afford a 64 bit computer.

I mean, I you cannot afford a 64 bit computer, you cannot afford a PC at all.

 

Seriously, mi PC is the cheapest and lower end possible and has support for 64bits (I'm talking about a 2009 pentium dual core ffs)

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

1 minute ago, Herr Dethnout said:

I mean, I you cannot afford a 64 bit computer, you cannot afford a PC at all.

Hmm you have a point, aside from really old Thinkpads I can't think of any 32 bit pc/laptop being actually sold nowadays.

3 minutes ago, Herr Dethnout said:

Seriously, mi PC is the cheapest and lower end possible and has support for 64bits (I'm talking about a 2009 pentium dual core ffs) 

Heh, according to Wikipedia mine's (The 8440p) from 2008, four years younger than me, and it runs Arch Linux (btw) perfectly.