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What is the difference between a 32-bit operating system and a 64-bit operating system?
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∙ 13y ago
32-bit operating systems can only address as much as 4GB(2^32) of memory.
64-bit operating systems can address much more than 1TB(over 1000 GB).
However, windows is limited as to amount of ram it can use, so people will have reasons to buy next system.
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