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Question posted by dwalls797 on June 7th, 2014

Acer Aspire M5 481pt Operating System

Is the windows 8 a 64 bit or 32bit

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on June 7th, 2014 2:16 PM

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It has the 64-bit version of Windows 8.

Answer #2: Posted by BusterDoogen on June 8th, 2014 11:58 AM

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It could be either, the specs do not specify which OS is installed just that it's Win 8. To know for a certainty follow the steps below.

Go to start> computer> properties>all CP items> system & the installed OS will be displayed.

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