Windows 7: How To Discern If I Have The 32 Bit Version Or 64 Bit Version Installed.

[bbildman]

bbildman last edited by bbildman

I have Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit, what happens if I run the 32 bit installer?

Help appreciated

[DiegoJ]

DiegoJ @bbildman last edited by

Hi @bbildman, It will work with a windows abstraction layer for 32bits apps, WoW64, while Opera itself will use less RAM and loading time into memory will also be faster. I always prefer to use 32bits applications where ever possible.
The shortest reasoning is that most running processes don't require addressing more than 4Gb of Ram and the cost of doing it is to double the size of every single variable at programming level, which is quite expensive for things like "hypertext processing".
Have a nice day