Microsoft To Dump 32-Bit After Vista

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SlinkySausage writes "Microsoft has used its annual hardware
engineering conference to announce that Windows Vista and Server 2008
will be the last versions of Windows capable of booting on 32-bit CPUs
such as Intel Pentium 4 and Core Duo. AMD, which introduced 64-bit CPUs
early -- much to the derision of Intel, which said there was no use for
them at the time -- must be delighted with Microsoft's decision. Owners
of first-generation Intel Macs that used (32-bit only) Core Duo CPUs
may not be so happy knowing that Vista will be the last Windows they
will be able to run."