Most people have heard of 32 bit vs. 64 bit windows, but don't exactly know what it means. They know it's faster, but don't know why.
Imagine this scenario: you are at your company picnic and it starts pouring rain. The weather guy says it's not going to stop any time soon. The location needs to be changed ASAP or people will start to complain about being out in the rain. The party director, Anne, gets up and says "We're moving the location!" Anne had the choice to rent two buses to take people to the new location - 32-seat buses and 64-seat buses. Anne, being a smart girl, opted for the 64-seat buses. All 128 employees were transported to the new location at one time. If Anne had opted for the 32-seat buses, the second load of employees would have been drenched and unhappy with Anne.
Computers carry bits of information called, coincidentally, bits. They are either a 1 for on or 0 for off. If you send the information 64 bits at a time you are sending it twice as fast as 32 bit systems do. Sounds like a no brainer, doesn't it? Well, not necessarily so. You have to make sure every piece of software you need is available in 64 bit- all your drivers and all your programs.
Talk to you in a bit! Not really!
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