64-bit Vista finds a home on consumer laptops
C|Net | at | by Mike
How about a 64-bit operating system with that 64-bit processor? The 64-bit version of Windows Vista is not new. It arrived when Vista did. But making it standard on a crush of new consumer laptops being sold at Best Buy is a recent change.
HPs new Pavilion HDX model ships standard with 64-bit Vista.(Credit: Hewlett-Packard) All PCs now ship with Intel or Advanced Micro Devices 64-bit processors. Until recently, however, most consumer laptops have come with a 32-bit version of Vista. There are many reasons for this, two of the biggest being a lack of driver support and the larger memory requirements for the 64-bit OS.