I completely agree. I still run Windows 7 on most of my systems (and please ... not interested in hearing any "bot farm" or other specious bullshit about how my machines have been Taken Over By Hackers!), and almost all of the very high quality software I use is 32-bit, because the 64-bit versions either don't exist or are burning dumpster fires.
Example? Lately I've been doing a lot of video transcoding with ffmpeg. The latest 64-bit version running under Windows 11 is lucky to average 10 to 14 frames per second. The last 32-bit version of ffmpeg running on Windows 7 does 64 frames per second or better.
In every case that comes to mind, the 32-bit versions of the applications I use far outperform the 64-bit versions. The only exception I can think of at the moment is Notepad++. NP++ is just plain awesome as a 64-bit application!
Example? Lately I've been doing a lot of video transcoding with ffmpeg. The latest 64-bit version running under Windows 11 is lucky to average 10 to 14 frames per second. The last 32-bit version of ffmpeg running on Windows 7 does 64 frames per second or better.
In every case that comes to mind, the 32-bit versions of the applications I use far outperform the 64-bit versions. The only exception I can think of at the moment is Notepad++. NP++ is just plain awesome as a 64-bit application!