Why is 32 Bit W7 More Expensive?

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It costs the same to produce the 32- and 64-bit discs though, so they can alter the volumes without any trouble. The only thing that could cause one to be more expensive is a sudden increase (or decrease) in demand faster than they can change what they're making.

Besides, it's a long time since anything much came with 32-bit - it'd only be the very lower end of the market.
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The prices fluctuate all the time. The 32-bit version is "slower" but more hardware may be 32-bit, creating more demand for the 32-bit version, and thus driving the prices higher than for the 64-bit version which has less demand.
 
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Yeah that is true. I was just applying simple economics to his question. It really isnt that big of a deal I guess. You can price stuff however you want to :p
 
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It costs the same to produce the 32- and 64-bit discs though, so they can alter the volumes without any trouble. The only thing that could cause one to be more expensive is a sudden increase (or decrease) in demand faster than they can change what they're making.

Besides, it's a long time since anything much came with 32-bit - it'd only be the very lower end of the market.
 
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Agreed. It does, however, annoy me that most programs are still written in 32-bit. It just means that we aren't going to transfer to 128-bit anytime soon...

 
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Yeah we do need to shift to mostly 64-bit programs. Especially with super fast SSDs and quick ram, 64-bit should become more of a norm.

I suppose DDR4 won't reach its full capacity (4600) for a while so ram will s stay in the 1000-2000 range for a while.
 
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I don't think that bandwidth should make a difference to the argument. In fact, the proliferation of SSDs could be an argument for sticking with 32 for a bit longer, due to the (often slightly) smaller file sizes. Only thing that really matters is the amount of RAM dealt with.

Still, if the next version of windows is 64-bit only, that'll reduce devs' mentality that they have to produce a 32-bit version, and thus can't be bothered/don't want to confuse customers making a 64-bit one.
 
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