It seemed to me that recently I became completely 64-bit. I use 64-bit software, I work on a computer with 64-bit architecture, I write 64-bit articles myself, I do reviews of other 64-bit articles, I create a 64-bit software product for developers of 64-bit applications. Therefore, it seems to me that the whole world is becoming 64-bit. But I still lack something from the software in the 64-bit world.
Check the list of used 64-bit programs?
Of course, I have a 64-bit Windows 7 operating system installed. And I already downloaded the 64-bit version of Office 2010. All drivers, of course, are also 64-bit. From other software I have 64-bit 7-zip, FAR Manager, Bullzip PDF Printer, TortoiseSVN.
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But as it turned out, 32-bit software is also not small:
• Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010;
• Kaspersky Internet Security (some of the modules are not yet 64-bit);
• Mozilla Firefox;
• Opera;
• Thunderbird;
• QIP;
• Skype;
• ABBYY Lingvo;
• Adobe Reader;
• Paint .Net;
• Free Download Manager;
• DebugMode Wink;
• WinMerge.
As a result, although it feels like I mostly use 64-bit solutions, in practice a considerable number of programs still remain 32-bit.
Only 64-bit versions of browsers (except IE) are really missing from this list. Although informal 64-bit versions, for example, solutions from Mozilla already exist. All other programs may well remain 32-bit. Well, or perhaps Thunderbird could still keep its multi-gigabyte base of letters in RAM for a quick search. But it happens that finding a letter does not always work quickly.
Interestingly, did anyone manage to FULLY switch to 64-bit software? Or even so, to whom some 64-bit programs are missing?