Question & Answer: Mary has a laptop that uses a 64-bit processor. She complains that she cannot run older 32-bit…..

Mary has a laptop that uses a 64-bit processor. She complains that she cannot run older 32-bit applications on her laptop, but her friend can run these older applications on her 64-laptop. What is the problem

Expert Answer

 we have three levels in our system

1.Processor(32 bit or 64 bit)

2.OS(32 bit or 64 bit)

3. Application(32 bit or 64 bit)

To run 64 bit OS, we need a 64-bit processor and to run the 64-bit application we need both 64-bitprocessor as well as 64-bit OS.

AS Mary’s processor is 64-bit, it can have either 32 bit or 64 bit OS(Not mentioned in the Question). As the application is 32 bit, it is fully compatible with both 32-bit OS and 64-bit OS. also it is fully compatible with a 64-bit processor.

There should be no problem as Mary friend also has no issue.

Mary should check whether she has installed the 32-bit system and try to use 64-bit application. In only this case, it will not work.

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