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Published: 2008-02-09 12:58:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2160; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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This is my first submission of 2008 and this is just a simple stamp that is designed to raise support for 64-bit Micrsoft Windows operating systems including Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, all 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003/2008 and all 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (except Windows Vista Starter).

Why did I make this stamp to step up support for the 64-bit version of the operating system that we all love?

There has been much discussion and concerns about 64-bit Windows and here are the most common reasons:

1. 32-bit drivers are not supported under 64-bit Windows. Sadly enough, many hardware vendors either do not or are refusing to provide native support for their drivers that are designed to work for 64-bit Windows XP or Windows Vista and that they're not compatible with the OS unless native 64-bit generic drivers supplied by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

2. On the software side, many vendors have not or have profoundly refused to develop a native 64-bit version of their product and that certain 32-bit applications will either run poorly or not at all.

3. The price of graphic card memory and RAM are falling rapidy. 1 GB to 4 GB of memory are standard and if prices for memory continue to decline, there will be no more room within the 4 GB barrier. 32-bit operating systems without Physical Address Extension or similar hacks cannot handle more than 3.5 GB of memory due to the fact that graphic cards and other memory have to occupy part of the memory.

Show your support for 64-bit Microsoft Windows! Show that your PC is capable of recognising all of the 4 GB of memory or even more than 4 GB of memory. Show your support for hardware vendors to make 64-bit drivers designed for Windows. Show your support for software vendors to make products that are native 64-bit.

If you have any concerns or problems regarding the statements that I made in this stamp, don't hesitate to discuss this.

Comments and favs are welcome.


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Comments: 45

WindowsRigby2000 [2014-07-01 19:42:50 +0000 UTC]

In my opinion.
x64 > x86
PS: The x86 Windows Is Good, but x64 is better.

x86 = 32 Bits
x64 = 64 Bits

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ppgrainbow In reply to WindowsRigby2000 [2014-07-01 20:04:36 +0000 UTC]

I've been using 64-bit OSes for two of the last six years now.

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JohnK222 [2014-05-08 06:31:06 +0000 UTC]

Last year I got the 64 bit version of Windows 7. I almost had the 64 bit version of Windows XP, but it didn't work with some particular piece of hardware at the shop where I was getting the computer built, so I got the 32 bit version, which I still use. And it's nice to run a 16 bit program now and then, even though that isn't very often.
As for drivers, I dunno what the scenario was back then, when you made this, but I have 32 bit drivers for some hardware in Windows 7, and they work. So I dunno.

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ppgrainbow In reply to JohnK222 [2014-05-08 06:35:57 +0000 UTC]

The Windows Vista Ultimate CDs that I got for Christmas from eBay cost me almost $75. The CDs contained both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista. I chose to install the 64-bit version of Windows Vista. However, 64-bit versions of Windows eliminated the 16-bit subsystem. I made this stamp more than 6 years ago when Windows XP and Windows Vista were fully supported OSes.

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JohnK222 In reply to ppgrainbow [2014-05-08 06:58:39 +0000 UTC]

I think my Windows 7 disc is for the 64 bit version only. I had issues with the sound card driver that the computer shop installed, and which came with the card, so I reverted to an older driver, and it fixed the issue I had entirely. (Stuttering noises in TES 4blivion.)

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ppgrainbow In reply to JohnK222 [2014-05-08 07:15:16 +0000 UTC]

If the disc you have is the 64-bit version of Windows 7 and if it was pre-installed, then it's the OEM only version of Windows 7, not the retail one.

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JohnK222 In reply to ppgrainbow [2014-05-08 09:16:18 +0000 UTC]

Okay then. Yeah, it is an OEM version.

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ppgrainbow In reply to JohnK222 [2014-05-08 09:23:08 +0000 UTC]

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binarystep [2012-07-23 00:37:18 +0000 UTC]

XP Pro isn't the only 64-bit XP. What about XP Tablet?

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ppgrainbow In reply to binarystep [2012-07-23 00:41:46 +0000 UTC]

There was never a 64-bit version of Windows XP Tablet PC edition. Only the 64-bit version of Windows XP professional for desktop/laptop PCs.

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binarystep In reply to ppgrainbow [2012-07-23 01:11:42 +0000 UTC]

That's funny, I own a 64-bit XP Tablet with over 500 GB.

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ppgrainbow In reply to binarystep [2012-07-23 01:56:14 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know that you could install XP x64 on a tablet PC.

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YoungLink19 [2010-09-18 18:39:28 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes I think it'd be a good idea if Microsoft made 64-bit only Windows. Right now, Windows Server 2008 R2 comes only in 64-bit versions. The next home version of Windows will follow. Still, they can run 32-bit software - and I think that without force, developers will continue making 32-bit software. People still wanting to use old software should use emulators like VMWare ot VirtualPC.

And for those people saying "64-bit? It's just a word size", well, it's very possible that you'll need to adress more memory than 32-bit allows - and it's not even "in the future" at all.

I'm using 64-bit Windows now. And where applicable, I picked 64-bit versions of application software.

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ppgrainbow In reply to YoungLink19 [2010-09-18 19:05:07 +0000 UTC]

I used the 64-bit version of Windows Vista for more than two years before the GPU chip on the laptop stopped working. However, I went back to my old desktop PC and used Windows 2000 for close to eight months when the motherboard stopped working. I was hoping that I would continue to remain on Win2K for at least another year or when online demand no longer warrants keeping users on that OS anymore.

Right now, I'm waiting for a technician to investigate this and determine what is wrong with the motherboard. I'm strongly guessing is that either the memory went bad or the capacitors. If one of the capacitors are starting to swell, all of the capacitors will need to get replaced before upgrading the RAM to 2 GB.

Anyways, after support for Windows XP ends in 2014, there will literally be no more 32-bit upgrade paths available on older PCs. I'm not sure if Windows 8 will be 64-bit only or not as I haven't found a decent article on whatever it states that Windows 7's successor will be 64-bit only or not.

Apple has already discontinued PowerPC support after ending support for Mac OSX 10.4 ("Tiger") in September 2009. And with less than .1% of all users still on the PowerPC architecture (Mac OS, Linux and even UNIX), online demand for PowerPC no longer warrants keeping users on that architecture. Third party vendor support is gradually dwindling away can no longer continue to supporting it. Opera recent announced that the next version of its Opera browser will not support the PowerPC architecture anymore.

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YoungLink19 In reply to ppgrainbow [2010-09-18 20:39:58 +0000 UTC]

Well, my own experience is rather different.
I used to use Windows 2000 for a good while, and is the second longest-used OS I've had (being 3 years, bested by 7 years of Windows XP). My laptop? Windows Vista (32-bit), less than one year of use, and is pretty much beaten up. I do not own it and by the time I have to retun it three years later, I bet it will be pretty much unusable.

Speaking of Opera, there is (though with much debate) an online petition for a 64-bit Opera on platforms. There is one for Linux, but Windows and Mac get nothing. And to think the most-wanted 64-bit Flash Player is already in public beta (get it here ) I'll say Opera is actually pretty slow in adapting changes in system environments.

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ppgrainbow In reply to YoungLink19 [2010-09-18 21:45:17 +0000 UTC]

That sucks.

For me, I used Windows XP from mid-2002 to January 2008, a good five years before I went to 64-bit Vista and then went back to my now non-functioning desktop PC and downgraded to Windows 2000.

Despite the fact that support for Windows 2000 ended earlier this year, the unsupported product still remains in use on some home and school computers primarily because of budget issues, a lack of knowledge, lack of desire or resistance to upgrade to newer versions of Windows.

Certain gamers also chose Windows 2000 as their legacy operating system (both on new and old PCs) to play Win32 games that use MinGW libraries, SDL libraries and apps that were made with Visual Studio 2008 or earlier. Windows XP can also be used for that purpose as well.

If the end user chooses to upgrade, Windows 2000 Professional can be upgraded to either Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista Business (via a clean install). Windows 2000 (and earlier) can't be upgraded to Windows 7, because it is not a valid upgrade path.

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LadyJuanne [2010-02-05 10:45:44 +0000 UTC]

First I couldn't play Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness on my W7 64-bit, but it magically fixed itself, lol

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ppgrainbow In reply to LadyJuanne [2010-02-05 17:41:49 +0000 UTC]

You probably fixed the game in compatibility mode, didn't ya?

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LadyJuanne In reply to ppgrainbow [2010-02-05 18:00:54 +0000 UTC]

Yes C: it's awesome

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ppgrainbow In reply to LadyJuanne [2010-02-05 18:05:02 +0000 UTC]

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sAlxe [2009-09-07 00:08:52 +0000 UTC]

What is sad, is that it mixes 32-bit and 64-bit libraries/dlls, etc.
A pure 64-bit system is much more quicker than an hybrid one

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ppgrainbow In reply to sAlxe [2009-09-07 01:38:30 +0000 UTC]

I agree!

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sAlxe In reply to ppgrainbow [2009-09-07 09:40:43 +0000 UTC]

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fediaFedia [2009-04-15 10:52:32 +0000 UTC]

My friend told me there's a paradox in this stamp, and indeed there is, is that 8bit graphics I see there?

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ppgrainbow In reply to fediaFedia [2009-04-15 12:09:12 +0000 UTC]

Yup. This stamp was mostly done using MS-Paint.

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straight--edge [2008-04-24 23:47:39 +0000 UTC]

I love XP X64!

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ppgrainbow In reply to straight--edge [2008-04-29 19:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Me too! <3

Vista 64-bit is the best!

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zerothe3rd [2008-02-12 17:14:28 +0000 UTC]

you cant play Starcraft on 64bit...

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ppgrainbow In reply to zerothe3rd [2008-02-12 19:25:26 +0000 UTC]

Why not?

What error message would you get if you try to play Starcraft on a PC with a 64-bit operating system?

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zerothe3rd In reply to ppgrainbow [2008-02-14 07:40:13 +0000 UTC]

im not sure, i hear it fails to start since it was made to run on 256 colour.

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ppgrainbow In reply to zerothe3rd [2008-02-14 15:58:54 +0000 UTC]

I believe that Starcraft fails to start on a host PC. But evidently, it should work through a PC emulator.

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zerothe3rd In reply to ppgrainbow [2008-02-14 22:37:51 +0000 UTC]

its a shame that moving forward requires dropping the past... farwell IPX protocols.

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ppgrainbow In reply to zerothe3rd [2008-02-15 00:14:39 +0000 UTC]

IPX protocols sucked big time.

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zerothe3rd In reply to ppgrainbow [2008-02-15 00:22:02 +0000 UTC]

but they were needed for Diablo I, Starcraft, settlers III, WARcraft II and I. its not like a tiny protocol is worth removing just because an old granny might not be using it.

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ppgrainbow In reply to zerothe3rd [2008-02-15 00:34:29 +0000 UTC]

I agree. It sucks that these games might not work properly on a 64-bit operating system.

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DSNG [2008-02-11 06:40:29 +0000 UTC]

Nice stamp ppg

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ppgrainbow In reply to DSNG [2008-02-11 07:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Emeowrald [2008-02-09 20:04:07 +0000 UTC]

I like the colorfulness of this stamp.

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ppgrainbow In reply to Emeowrald [2008-02-09 20:43:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment. I'm pretty sure no one has fav'd this stamp yet.

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Emeowrald In reply to ppgrainbow [2008-02-11 00:41:27 +0000 UTC]

Well now two people have faved it.

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ppgrainbow In reply to Emeowrald [2008-02-11 01:47:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm really glad that you liked this stamp!

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Emeowrald In reply to ppgrainbow [2008-02-11 02:37:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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ppgrainbow In reply to Emeowrald [2008-02-11 03:02:32 +0000 UTC]

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EverFaithful [2008-02-09 19:34:55 +0000 UTC]

xD Awesome!!! ^^

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ppgrainbow In reply to EverFaithful [2008-02-09 19:41:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment!

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