For most would-be Windows 7 users, a 64-bit version of Windows 7 is the right move. But if you don’t have sufficient RAM (at least 4GB), or you rely on devices that don’t have supporting 64-bit ...

There are many valid and legal reasons one might have to feel the need to download Windows 7. For instance, you might be needed to reinstall or recover Windows 7 but not find the original Windows 7 ...

Ask Ars was one of the first features of the newly born Ars Technica back in 1998. And now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. Each week, we'll dig into our bag of ...

I have a bit of a newbish question. What do I need to get a 64-bit version of the OS installed? I had assumed that I just needed a 64-bit processor, but my system does not want to boot from the 64-bit ...

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum which is better: the 32- or 64-bit version of Windows 7. You can run today’s versions of Windows on 32-bit processors–a ...

With the upcoming release of Windows 7, the question is raised again on whether you should install the 32-bit version (x86) of the operating system or move up to 64-bit (x64). This is something that's ...