Or the manufacturer made the choice. In the case of many popular netbooks running Intel Atoms, either the manufacturer put a 32-bit version of Windows 10 on them because of low RAM, or in the case of Cherry Trail chips, were always 32-bit to begin with. And yet these machines will be supported by Microsoft until 2023 or 2025. I don't think it's fair to ask grandma to reinstall an OS just to run Calibre, assuming she knows how to do such a thing in the first place.
Anyway, davidfor was working on a version of things that could support Calibre 5; hopefully people can find a way to continue that.
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