Originally posted by Anvil
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The real problem causers were Intel, OEM brands l(ike Dell and HP), and companies that developed software that people depended on (like Adobe). Intel's P4 was one of their most successful product lines ever made and it took way too long for P4s to get phased out. Seriously, the last P4 produced was 2008. When you consider Intel's popularity and how long people keep PCs, that became a lot of 32bit-only CPUs out in the wild. Intel also created a few Atom CPUs that were 32bit-only.
As for the OEMs, despite having access to architectures like Core2 or Athlon 64, they kept shipping 32-bit versions of Windows. I haven't really looked that hard but I'm sure there are PCs being sold with 32-bit Windows 10.
Then, there are companies like Adobe. Programs like Flash were almost a necessity for all of the 2000s and early 2010s, but they only came in 32-bit.
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