Google's decision to end support for its browsers on 32-bit computers signals the end for 32-bit computers in general. If you can't run a browser, then you can't be a full-fledged computer in the 21st century. Most *serious* computer people have always considered 32 bits to be too small, and therefore a 32-bit computer was always a *mini* computer (at least DEC got this part right). Von Neumann's 1944 EDVAC computer had *44 bit* words, and was therefore a *real* computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDVAC At least 32-1=31 is prime; 64-1=63=3^2*7. 128-1=127 is again prime. But 257=2^8+1 is prime -- the next such after 17=2^4+1. --- Google to end updates, security bug fixes for Chrome on 32-bit Linux http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/02/googles_chrome_32bit_linux/