The majority of PCs running Vista are mostly running on a 32-bit system. However, quite a few people are actually running on Vista 64-bit system, many gamers use it because it is quite a bit faster than 32-bit. I recently invested in a couple of brand-new PCs that had all the latest hardware installed, including the Vista 64-bit system. It wasn't until I got the PCs that I realized I was going to have a few problems running some software and a vital piece of hardware that I rely heavily on. I didn't have too much of a problem with the hardware, in fact the alternative is better than it ever was before. However for the life of me, I could not use Firefox 3.5 on Vista 64-bit system without having constant problems. I got so fed up in the end that I totally uninstalled it and reverted back to using Internet Explorer, Chrome and occasionally Safari. Chrome is okay for browsing but absolutely no good if you are creating websites. Internet Explorer, well what can I say about this horrible browser, I absolutely detest it, it is the biggest load of crap that has ever been developed, as far as I'm concerned, Bill Gates has made his billions out of producing absolute rubbish, but I won't get on my high horse about this because we'll be here all day. 

Okay, where were we? Oh yes, browsers. So I've been struggling with Chrome and Internet Explorer, quite often getting very frustrated. Anyway, a version of Firefox has been released that by all account works on 64-bit Apparently it is absolutely awesome, not my words, the words of people who have been using it. I have only been using it for the last few days so I don't want to jump the gun and start raving about because the way my luck runs, it will probably crash as soon as I start telling everyone how brilliant it is. I have however noticed that everything is running a damn site got faster than Google chrome which I consider to be extremely slow at times. It is also remembering all my passwords which is something I have missed when using Internet Explorer. Early indications for me are quite favorable, let's hope it stays like this.

I thought I would tell everyone about it and you can make your own mind up. Please do post back user results, as no doubt, this will help other people who have also been left frustrated after migrating to Vista 64-bit and then finding out their beloved Firefox doesn't work properly.

This browser is very much in its infancy and where as I can't confirm for sure, I believe that various elements are not supported. For instance, I was not able to view any YouTube videos even after trying to install the plug-ins. I think that this particular browser is probably only beneficial for those of us who have quite a bit to do with web development and maintenance, if you are just browsing the Internet then Google Chrome will do the job just fine