"http://news.com.com/Who+wants+or+needs+64+bits/2100-1006_3-6045931.html"
was a big help:
A very SMALL percentage of home users' and business' computers are
64-bit simply because "Most desktops and notebooks... can't even be
upgraded to take full advantage of 64-bit computing."
"I don't have usage statistics, but I expect they're pretty minimal,"
While some distributions of Linux, too, support 64-bit computing, the
market share is small in comparison with giant Microsoft.
Those users that do have 64-bit computing do so mainly because they
want to "store data in more than 4GB of memory".
The trend for the next two years:
"When Vista hits, consumers will begin to see some 64-bit benefits,
even if their applications remain 32-bit..."
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