MS denies Rumor: undecided on last 32-bit Windows Client

[techtronic]

Bill Laing, a General Manager in the Microsoft Windows Server Division, has been quoted as saying that Windows Server 2008 will be the last 32-bit operating system. Bill is a server guy and indeed Windows Server 2008 is the last 32-bit server operating system – all future operating systems for server hardware from Microsoft beyond Windows Server 2008 will be 64-bit.

A few folks took Bill’s comments on Windows Server and applied them to Windows Client deriving that Windows Vista would be the last 32-bit operating system. That is an incorrect extension. While Windows Vista includes both 32-bit and 64-bit and there is a growing community of drivers for 64-bit Windows Vista we have not decided when Windows Client will follow Windows Server and become 64-bit only.

Source : www.neowin.net

[rakeshishere]

How dumb can this be !!!....32 Bit server OS gonna become extinct..LOL...Nvr Gonna Happen

[great_manish]

@rakeshishere...what makes u think that 32 bit os r never gonna be extinct ???...the only reason why 32 bit systems r still alive is that most 64-bit systems r backward compatible.....i think the end of 32 bit microsoft os is not far away.....