Vista - 64bit Java released!

It seems Sun Microsystems have begun supporting 64bit versions of Windows including 64bit Firefox and 64bit Internet Explorer as of the 8th of December 2008

The JDK beta release has the 64-bit plugin, You can download it from here: Java Platform, Standard Edition 6u12 Binary Snapshot Releases

Edit:
You can test your 64bit Java with your 64bit browser here: Test whether Java is working on my computer - 1.5.0, 1.6.0

The other tools the JDK installs can be separately removed if your only after the plugin

Thanks Steven, just installed.

Java an unoptimized application that can run inefficiently on any OS. It is a resource hog. Wow!

You can test your 64bit Java with your 64bit browser here: How do I test whether Java is working on my computer? - 1.4.2_xx, 1.5.0, 6.0

The other tools the JDK installs can be separately removed if your only after the plugin

Your welcome echrada

I wouldn't call using 50mb of memory for the java applet engine being a resource hog unless you only have 512 ram but it is slowly becoming more unoptimized and bloaty with every new release

am i right in thinking that a 64bit firefox would now be able to run fine - as isn't there 64bit flash about as well?

Adobe plans to support 64bit Windows in their next flash release, expected sometime over next two years

Adobe starts 64-bit Flash testing with Linux alpha

Theres already a released 64bit Linux plugin for flash on Adobe`s website but it seems their talk about "completely cross platform" is a total lie, else they would have a 64bit Windows version avilable with their 64bit Linux version

Thanks Steven,

I'll be giving it a try tomorrow

64bit firefox?Where i can find it?

There are 3 diff programs on this website. ( For 64 bit ) do I need to download all 3?
Thanks

Its very stable, no usses with any java applets yet

Hey Panais,

64bit Firefox can be downloaded here: Download - Mozilla x86-64

The latest version is: Firefox-3.1b2pre.en-US.win64.installer.20081026.zip‎ (click to download )

You just need the Windows x64 self-extracting JDK file: jdk-6u12-ea-bin-b02-windows-amd64-p-08_dec_2008.exe

JDK will install two updates, the first being Java 6 Update 12 (64bit) this contains the 64bit java plugin for 64bit browsers, the second will install the Java SE Development kit (64bit) this can be uninstalled after if your only after the plugins

The JDK components are unfortunately restricted from distribution so I cant host just the plugin for everyone to download until it gets released as JRE, I will try find a separate release not including the development kit