Chrome 64 Bit


  1. Posts : 5,915
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #1

    Chrome 64 Bit



    Google today released a 64-bit stable version of its Chrome browser for
    Windows systems. The 64-bit support has been in testing since June, and as of
    Chrome version 37 it has made it to the mainstream version.

    The 64-bit version offers three main advantages and one possible drawback.
    The browser's advantages are speed, security, and stability. Google claims
    that certain media and graphics workloads in particular are faster with 64-bit.
    It offers the example of VP9 video decoding—used for some YouTube
    high-definition streams—being 15 percent quicker compared to 32-bit.
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  2. Posts : 1,810
    Dual Boot: Windows 8.1 & Server 2012r2 VMs: Kali Linux, Backbox, Matriux, Windows 8.1
       #2

    I was wondering about this the other day.

    The drawback they mentioned for convenience:

    Yet the 64-bit browser is missing one feature found in the 32-bit browser: support for the NPAPI plugin API. This means that some browser plugins (including both Silverlight and Java) will not work. Google intends to remove 32-bit NPAPI support at some point in the future, so this gap will not be permanent.
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  3. Posts : 3,904
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #3

    Not to mention all the Extensions that wont work
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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    That's always been the point of a 64 bit version to be safer without plugins,
    As time goes on there will be no safe version if Oracle makes a 64 bit version.
    Just something else they won't patch the security flaws on,
    Cheers.
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  5. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #5

    Gator said:
    I was wondering about this the other day.

    The drawback they mentioned for convenience:

    Yet the 64-bit browser is missing one feature found in the 32-bit browser: support for the NPAPI plugin API. This means that some browser plugins (including both Silverlight and Java) will not work. Google intends to remove 32-bit NPAPI support at some point in the future, so this gap will not be permanent.
    Agreed with thrashzone.
    I see that as an opposite of a drawback.

    Security issues caused by those programs are now (for the most part) gone.

    I have installed it and all my extensions work fine, very fast and stable.
    But I went back to my chrome-ish version
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  6. Posts : 3,904
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #6

    I installed it aswell it worked alright :)

    Possibly a little laggy?
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  7. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #7

    HarriePateman said:
    I installed it aswell it worked alright :)

    Possibly a little laggy?
    Not for me. The opposite in fact.
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