Win 7 Home Premium & 32-Bit Emulation

[MarkTwain]

I'm looking at getting a new laptop, one with Win 7 Home Premium for its OS.

I know this OS is 64-bit based...does it have the capability to run 32-bit applications also, like having WOW64 (MS 32-bit emulator)as part of its makeup?

[pam123]

WoW64 (Windows 32-bit On Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system that is capable of running 32-bit applications and is included on all 64-bit versions of Windows — including Windows 2000 Limited Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, IA-64 and x64 versions of Windows Server 2003,as well as 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. In Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, it's an optional component. WoW64 is designed to take care of many of the differences between 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, particularly involving structural changes to Windows itself.

WoW64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MarkTwain]

Thanks, Pam123

[David M]

32 bit applications get loaded in their own folder (called x86) in a 64 bit OS. I have more 32 bit than 64 bit application in my Win7 64 computer...and all of the 32 bit apps work just fine.