And when they get Longhorn, they can decide to run that in 32-bit mode or 64-bit mode. Because the 64-bit mode does such a good job running 32-bit applications, there's almost no downside if you have ...

Microsoft chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates formally and finally ushered Windows into the world of 64-bit computing on Monday delivering 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 and ...

At its annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here last week, Microsoft Corp. outlined its latest plans for Longhorn and 64-bit Windows, as well as a proposal designed to help users ...