Windows version poll

FreedomEclipse · Sep 12, 2018

my X79 system with W7 died so I guessed it was time for me to go to windows 10.

After a few UI tweaks here and there -- namely ClassicShell I feel very very very at home and its almost like i never left W7. The only real difference ive noticed so far is that I can play the odd game in DX12 (because not a lot of games support DX12 -- same story as always....) and that windows updates break some functionality once in a while in various degrees.

Aquinus · Sep 12, 2018

las said:
What did you change to

I've been running Ubuntu for the last couple years. I'm currently using 18.04 LTS with the mainline 4.18 kernel.

rtwjunkie · Sep 12, 2018

I do notice W8.1 is very lonely up there. In my secondary rig I use W8.1. I use it for older games, disc based games, and for all web activities. It’s actually super hardened for web browsing, and serves to keep my main rig for gaming off of anything web related other than Steam, Origin, and Uplay.

Bill_Bright · Sep 12, 2018

For those who have already expressed, and for those thinking about expressing your opinions about which Windows version is best (or which is not), please refrain from doing so. That is not the intent of this poll.

To reiterate from the opening post, this is NOT an "opinion" poll. There are dozens (100s? 1000s?) of other heated threads for that. Please!!! Let's not allow this one to go that way too.

I would really appreciate everyone's understanding on this and ask that everyone respect the intent of this poll. Thanks.

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altcapwn said:
You should add Windows 98-95 and older as we have nostalgic users over here!
Just kidding

I thought about it but the numbers are just too low to be significant. In fact, I almost left out XP and Vista because I felt those numbers would be too low too. But since we still occasionally see XP and Vista users seeking help, I decided, out of curiosity, to leave them in too.

Aquinus said:
It's unfortunate that there isn't a "Not Windows" option

As noted in the opening post, this poll is not intended for Linux users. The same applies for users of other operating systems. This poll is just see among Windows users, which version of Windows they use on their primary systems.

27MaD · Sep 12, 2018

StrayKAT said:
"1" I understand. It seems to be true. And I don't know why.. they're essentially the same OS underneath.

" 1" I understand. It seems to be true. And I don't know why.. " , what the hell do you mean ? does win10 feel heavier on the hardware ? , i mean YOU ARE RUNNING AN EXTREME I7.

StrayKAT · Sep 12, 2018

27MaD said:
" 1" I understand. It seems to be true. And I don't know why.. " , what the hell do you mean ? does win10 feel heavier on the hardware ? , i mean YOU ARE RUNNING AN EXTREME I7.

Haha.. not the only machine I've used it on. 7 just seems less bloated.. I can't pinpoint why. Even HDDs don't seem as sluggish (had one in a laptop. I don't remember it being so painful as trying to run Win10 with one.. but maybe I'm wrong).

27MaD · Sep 12, 2018

StrayKAT said:
Haha.. not the only machine I've used it on. 7 just seems less bloated.. I can't pinpoint why. Even HDDs don't seem as sluggish (had one in a laptop. I don't remember it being so painful as trying to run Win10 with one.. but maybe I'm wrong).

Oh , i thought that your system is stuttering with win10 , and i was WOW i7-7820x CAN'T HANDLE WIN10! :laugh:

hat · Sep 13, 2018

Wow, 6 to 52 Windows 7 to Windows 10. I didn't expect the gap to be so wide. Big fat ZERO for XP, Vista, and 8.x. Not really surprising on Vista, but I thought there'd be at least one or two on XP and a few more on 8.x...

StrayKAT · Sep 13, 2018

hat said:
Wow, 6 to 52 Windows 7 to Windows 10. I didn't expect the gap to be so wide. Big fat ZERO for XP, Vista, and 8.x. Not really surprising on Vista, but I thought there'd be at least one or two on XP and a few more on 8.x...

I haven't used XP since like... the early 2000s. And barely that. I went back to a Mac for awhile.

I always called it the Fisher Price OS.

27MaD · Sep 13, 2018

Guys is it real that win10 is the last windows ever ?

las · Sep 13, 2018

hat said:
Wow, 6 to 52 Windows 7 to Windows 10. I didn't expect the gap to be so wide. Big fat ZERO for XP, Vista, and 8.x. Not really surprising on Vista, but I thought there'd be at least one or two on XP and a few more on 8.x...

Only asian nuclear plants run Win XP

StrayKAT · Sep 13, 2018

27MaD said:
Guys is it real that win10 is the last windows ever ?

Yes and no. It's "Windows as a service". It seems they took a cue from Apple, who has released many updates of Mac OS X, but never changed the "X".

At this point, Windows 10 has gone through enough iterations since 2015 that it would have usually warranted a new "11" version, but it seems they're not following that scheme anymore.

27MaD · Sep 13, 2018

StrayKAT said:
Yes and no. It's "Windows as a service". It seems they took a cue from Apple, who has released many updates of Mac OS X, but never changed the "X".

At this point, Windows 10 has gone through enough iterations since 2015 that it would have usually warranted a new "11" version, but it seems they're not following that scheme anymore.

Do you mean there will be changes in the windows it self but under the same name " Windows 10 " ?

StrayKAT · Sep 13, 2018

27MaD said:
Do you mean there will be changes in the windows it self but under the same name " Windows 10 " ?

Yes.. but there's already been many changes to warrant a new version (if they followed the old scheme).. but it's all free updates now. Released every 6 months or so.

27MaD · Sep 13, 2018

@anselmo the first windows 8 user here ! :confused:

Bill_Bright · Sep 13, 2018

StrayKAT said:
It's "Windows as a service".

It is not "Windows as a service". Marketing weenies and some in the IT press are calling it that thinking it cool, but ain't gonna happen - at least not until everyone in the world has a fast Internet connection AND all the connected devices adhere to standard protocols. Apple is able to get close to this simply because Apple is so proprietary, and they set their own standards. There are way too many players (many of whom compete against each other) in the "wintel" industry for them all to come together again like they did with ATX. The proof there is in the very proprietary notebook industry.

Windows "Update" you might call a service, but the OS is still, by its very nature, is a "local" application, and always will be. Remember what the basic job of an OS is. It is to establish and facilitate communications between all the various components within a computer (CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, I/O ports, networking, etc.). That can only be done locally.

hat said:
Wow, 6 to 52 Windows 7 to Windows 10. I didn't expect the gap to be so wide.

I did because of what I see in the real world with my clients and off-line collegues.

I suspected many more on this site use W10 than let on, and they are reluctant to admit it publicly for whatever reason. That's why I created the poll. I wanted to see. I think this poll is very telling. Thus far I think it shows those complaining about W10 are really a small minority making a lot of noise who are then parroted by others.

27MaD said:
Do you mean there will be changes in the windows it self but under the same name " Windows 10 " ?

It has already happened in the guise of "Creator" and "Anniversary" updates. I do not agree, however, they amount to or warrant the "Windows 11" moniker. But I do think you could relate them to major upgrades to previous Windows versions in the past Microsoft called "service packs". So if Microsoft followed past naming conventions, we might be at "Windows 10 SP3", for example.

I do suspect at some point the version number will go away and it will become simply "Microsoft Windows", or some new name reflective of their "vision" for future computing.

At any rate, I see Windows today very much like our (or my anyway) home built computers. It has been many many years since I built an entirely new computer me. That said, my current computer does not look anything like it did when new. It has gone through a couple motherboard upgrades, several graphics card upgrades, at least one new PSU, migrated from HDs to SSDs, and even has a different case today. The only thing original is my trusty THX Logitech surround sound speaker system. So my computer has "evolved" over many years to keep up with new technologies, new software and new hardware. And that is what Windows 10 is doing. It is evolving to keep up with new hardware technologies and, it is important to note, new security threats too. And that's a very good thing.

windwhirl · Sep 13, 2018

Windows 10. Funny how some of the government programs that I use for work were designed with Windows 95 in mind and yet they still work almost perfectly fine on the latest OS. I only have VMs of Windows XP and 7 for the rare app that refuses to work.

John Naylor · Sep 13, 2018

https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?id=platformsDesktopVersions

Windows 7 - 42.45%
Windows 10 - 33.85%
Windows 8 - 15.48%
Windows XP - 4.88%
Mac OS X 10.13 - 3.95%
Mac OS X 10.12 - 2.64%
Linux - 1.51%
Mac OS X 10.11 - 1.31%
Windows 8 - 1.16%
Mac OS X 10.10 - 0.79%

Another source has different numbers ... According to statcounter, Win 10 finally passed Win 7 in January of 2018
http://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide

Win10 48.18%
Win7 38.65%
Win8.1 7.35%
WinXP 3.06%
Win8 2.1%
WinVista 0.6%

Of course those with a preference for "their choice" to be more popular will have reasons to discount either source. Both sites are black boxes so there's no justification to declare one being more right than the other. Other sites report slight variations ... but Win7 will finally succumb over time as MS doesn't like new computer vendors who sell new units with older OS's. (Our laptop builder recently dropped the Win 7 option). It is pretty safe to say that Gamers are more into Win10 and that those boxes made for earning a living lean more to Win7.

As for a forum poll that caters to enthusiasts, tinkerer's and gamers ... no, that's not going to be an indicator for the general population, jest the subset of nerdom that we all belong to ... Also in any poll, say a mobile phone poll, the number of folks who have the latest iPhone or Android thingie are far more likely to respond than than those who just get a new phone when their old ones stop working. With millions, even billions of sources, the stat counters provide far more meaningfull data mostly because folks are not "opting in"

Bill_Bright · Sep 13, 2018

That is totally irrelevant to this poll. This poll is about our "primary" computers only. Please, let's keep it on that.

Melvis · Sep 14, 2018

Windows 7 on all my PC's except my laptop it has 10.

Windows 10 feels old and out dated (and breaks alot), looks like it was designed back in the 70/80s, guess its hip to be square?

Bill_Bright · Sep 14, 2018

Melvis said:
Windows 10 feels old and out dated (and breaks alot), looks like it was designed back in the 70/80s, guess its hip to be square?

Once again,

Bill_Bright said:
To reiterate from the opening post, this is NOT an "opinion" poll. There are dozens (100s? 1000s?) of other heated threads for that. Please!!! Let's not allow this one to go that way too.

I would really appreciate everyone's understanding on this and ask that everyone respect the intent of this poll. Thanks.

revin · Sep 15, 2018

@Bill_Bright Thank you for the Poll, it is interesting indeed. :toast:

I still use a modded Win 7 version on my PC, and on our laptop, I use another modded Win 7 instead of Toshiba's version.
Since I'm still on my old tech, the "newest" part is the Titan SC other than the SSD
I actually have many modded Window's, some of Vista, some Win 95's but most are Win 7 at the core. I was using 4 different version's and would just change the drive in BIOS to boot the the version I wanted to play with. Got tired of using a boot loader :fear:

EDIT, It has SP 1 and No Updates after what came with the version

John Naylor · Sep 15, 2018

Bill_Bright said:
That is totally irrelevant to this poll. This poll is about our "primary" computers only. Please, let's keep it on that.

That's not what you asked for. The post is 100% responsive to what you asked for. The data does show what version of Windows " Windows Users" are using. If that's what you want, should go back and edit the OP and write what you mean.

Change from "Out of curiosity, I am wondering what version of Windows ****Windows users*** are using on their main computer. " .

Change to "Out of curiosity, I am wondering what version of Windows ****Forum users*** are using on their main computer. "

francisw19 · Sep 15, 2018

Windows 10 on all PCs in my house (3 desktops, 1 laptop)

anselmo · Sep 15, 2018

27MaD said:
@anselmo the first windows 8 user here !

Yes, due to the fact that the hardware on my main machine (aka, my crappy Toshiba laptop, with an AMD E1 chip) doesn't go that well with Windows 10 and the original key for this was for Windows 8, making 8 a nice choice, especially paired with Classic Shell.

System Name	Codename: Icarus Mk.VI
Processor	Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F
Cooling	CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Memory	32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB}
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 512GB SSD (Boot)\|WD SN770 (Gaming)\|2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300\|2x 2TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White)
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Corsair AX760
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	Bayou Phantom
Processor	Core i7-8700k 4.4Ghz @ 1.18v
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax T40F Black CPU cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Xc
Storage	1x 500 MX500 SSD; 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 4TB WD Black; 1x400GB VelRptr; 1x 4TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	HP 27q 27" IPS @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/Titanium front -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

System Name	Brightworks Systems BWS-6 E-IV
Processor	Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.9GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 Rev 1.0
Cooling	Quality case, 2 x Fractal Design 140mm fans, stock CPU HSF
Memory	32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	EVGA GEForce GTX 1050Ti 4Gb GDDR5
Storage	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD, Samsung 860 Evo 500GB SSD
Display(s)	Samsung S24E650BW LED x 2
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 550W G2 Gold
Mouse	Logitech M190
Keyboard	Microsoft Wireless Comfort 5050
Software	W10 Pro 64-bit

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Covered with Cooler Master MasterGel Pro)
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Steel Legend, BIOS Version: 8.01 [Beta]
Cooling	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120L V2 RGB, 5x Galax Vortex Wind-02 (3xFront Intake, 2x Top exhaust)
Memory	Kingston FURY Beast RGB 3600 MT/s 32 GB (8 GB x4), (KF436C17BBA/8)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Dual OC
Storage	Kingston NV2 1 TB
Display(s)	MSI PRO M251 (HDMI), Running @104 Hz
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox MB520
Audio Device(s)	HP H360G USB
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE 550 80+ White
Mouse	HP G200 Black
Keyboard	Redragon MITRA K551-1 RGB
Software	Windows 11 Home

Windows version poll

Windows users, what version of Windows are you using on your primary computer?

Windows XP

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8.x

Windows 10

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

Bill_Bright

27MaD

StrayKAT

27MaD

hat

Enthusiast

StrayKAT

27MaD

las

StrayKAT

27MaD

StrayKAT

27MaD

Bill_Bright

windwhirl

John Naylor

Bill_Bright

Melvis

Bill_Bright

revin

John Naylor

francisw19

anselmo

System Name	Grunt
Processor	Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte x570 Gaming X
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	Corsair LPX 3600 4x8GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 6800 XT (reference)
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung CFG70, Samsung NU8000 TV
Case	Corsair C70
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Win 10 Pro

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Obsolete / Waiting for Zen 5 or Arrow Lake
Processor	i9-9900K @ 5.2 GHz @ 1.35v / No AVX Offset
Motherboard	AsRock Z390 Taichi
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	32GB G.Skill @ 4000/CL15
Video Card(s)	Gainward RTX 4090 Phantom / Undervolt + OC
Storage	Samsung 990 Pro 2TB + WD SN850X 1TB + 64TB NAS/Server
Display(s)	27" 1440p IPS @ 280 Hz + 77" QD-OLED @ 144 Hz VRR
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C
Audio Device(s)	Asus Essence STX / Upgraded Op-Amps
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x / Native 12VHPWR
Mouse	Logitech G Pro Wireless Superlight
Keyboard	Corsair K60 Pro / MX Low Profile Speed
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	System V
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 // a bunch of 120 mm Xigmatek 1500 RPM fans (2 ins, 3 outs)
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix Sport LT 3200 MHz (BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE) (CL16-18-18-36)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 580 8 GB
Storage	SHFS37A240G / DT01ACA200 / WD20EZRX / MKNSSDTR256GB-3DL / LG BH16NS40 / ST10000VN0008
Display(s)	LG 22MP55 IPS Display
Case	NZXT Source 210
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G430 Headset
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M
Mouse	Microsoft Trackball Optical 1.0
Keyboard	HP Vectra VE keyboard (Part # D4950-63004)
Software	Whatever build of Windows 11 is being served in Dev channel at the time.
Benchmark Scores	Corona 1.3: 3120620 r/s Cinebench R20: 3355 FireStrike: 12490 TimeSpy: 4624

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

System Name	Firebird
Processor	Intel i7 2600K @5.0'ish 24/7 stock core Voltage {5.2 w/102 bCLK}
Motherboard	Intel Extreme DZ68BC SkullTrail Z68 Cougerpoint, Excellent MCH !
Cooling	Scythe NINJA PLUS Rev.B[skt478] Modded to 1155 Scythe SH12 fan
Memory	Samsung 32nm 16Gb 4x4 (@19xxmhz} low profile[ better than 2133 banwidth]
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aurosus 1080Ti
Storage	Intel 512 SSD,Samsung 9701Tb, Toshiba 3Tbx2,Hitachi 320,1TBx2,'Cuda 400 7200.10, WD1TBUSB,to SATA
Display(s)	Acer K272HUL 1440 27" WQHD, Samsung 226W, Vizio M60C3 4K 60",Vizio XVT3D554SV
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	Intel 10ch[9+1] HD Audio X540> Pioneer VSX39TX[copper chasis,Rosewood sides 5x6LCD remote
Power Supply	Seasonic X750 @ 24/7
Mouse	Logictech G300s
Keyboard	Saitek Cyborg v7
Software	Windows 7 ROG E3 X64 by Neuropass/tweakscene
Benchmark Scores	4642@665/1600 220/GAT F1 4544 220/667strap 2.5/3/2/6 Bliss 650/1500 6490 Q6700 Bliss 690/1500

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Motherboard	MSI MPG X670E Carbon Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A (Chromax)
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo RGB DDR5-6000 CL32 64 GB
Video Card(s)	MSI Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming Trio Classic
Storage	WD Black SN850X 4 TB
Display(s)	Gigabyte M27Q-P
Case	LianLi O11 Air Mini (Black)
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X, Kanto YU6 w/ Kanto Sub8 (Matte Black)
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-850
Mouse	Pulsar X2H eS (Supergrip, Superglide2) w/ Artisan Hien FX (Black, Large, Soft)
Keyboard	Keychron Q2 (Knob, Carbon Black, Gateron Ink V2 Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Toshiba C850D-117
Processor	AMD "Vision" E1-1200
Motherboard	Toshiba Board
Cooling	Stock Cooler
Memory	6GB DDR3 SO-DIMM
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Mobility HD7310
Storage	Toshiba 500GB 5400rpm HDD
Display(s)	15.4 in Toshiba Display 1366X768
Audio Device(s)	2X Toshiba Speakers (Really Crap Actually)
Power Supply	65 or 45W Laptop Power Brick
Software	Windows 8.1 Home X64