[Paleo Conservative]

Tech guy at Staples told me Vista needs 4 gigs memory to run faster than xp, but unfortunately no one offers a 3 or 4 gig pc.

Considering 32 bit processors can't access more than 4 GB, Vista will probably be Microsoft's last 32 bit operating system.

[edh]

“Considering 32 bit processors can’t access more than 4 GB”

Well, 32 bit processors can’t *directly* access more than 4GB ;)! There are ways around that limitation (bankswitching/page swapping for example...oldest trick in the book).

“Vista will probably be Microsoft’s last 32 bit operating system.”

Don’t forget about that fine product known as Windows CE....I believe that it is a 32 bit OS (it’s for embedded systems)...they (32 bit OSes) should be with us quite a while still in the embedded market (i.e. Zune, MP3 players, etc). But on the desktop....yeah, they’re almost dead.