To-do for Microsoft:
- Integrate the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 setups into one DVD disc.
- Setup should ask which version to install. The default choice should be (of course) the 64-bit Windows.
keskiviikko 21. tammikuuta 2009
32-bit and 64-bit versions, one disc
Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 could easily fit in one dual-layered DVD disc. I have seen no plans to integrate the 32-bit and 64-bit setups. Why should one have to buy twice the Windows to be able to install and use both versions? It makes no sense to me.
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Vista was shipped in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions on the same disc. I think it's impractical for Microsoft not to do the same for the following reasons...
VastaaPoista1. User confusion - few users know what their system will support.
2. Retail pressure - if Best Buy keeps getting returns of Windows 7 because a user got the 64-bit version, retailers will step up the pressure.
2a. Retailers also want to have as few SKUs as possible in order to minimize the amount of shelf space used by Win7, especially because many of them will still be selling Vista for some time. Having separate 32-bit and 64-bit boxes will require twice the shelf space for them.
3. It will cost Microsoft more because they'd have to pay to have twice as many discs duplicated.
Ok. Thanks for the info. My Vista OEM DVD seems to be 64-bit only.
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