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is Firefox 3.6 compatible with 64 bit PCs? Should there be a 64 bit version of Firefox, like a 64 bit version of Internet Explorer?

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Firefox running normally in general, but here and there it freezes and I have to terminate the process with task manager; alternatively, I quit Firefox and it is shown as still running on the task manager

Firefox running normally in general, but here and there it freezes and I have to terminate the process with task manager; alternatively, I quit Firefox and it is shown as still running on the task manager

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the-edmeister
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Yes, Firefox in 32 bit is compatible with 64 bit Windows and it works fine. Mozilla is working on a 64 bit version of Firefox, but it probably won't be released until Firefox 5. (Firefox 4.0 is still at least a month away from being released, so I wouldn't expect to see Firefox 5.0 in 2011.)

James
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The 64-bit Firefox builds will only be for Firefox 4.0 on Linux and Mac OSX 10.5+