Illustrator CS6 is 64bit: What does it mean? With version CS6 (aka v.16) Adobe Illustrator is a 64bit application. But what exactly does that mean? Sometimes I think it's like that SNL spoof of Verizon's marketing around 4G LTE. Truth be told, a 64bit version of Illustrator means a lot. Let's start with the basics. Your computer has two kinds of memory—hard drive space and something called RAM. In theory, the more RAM you add to your computer, the larger of a desktop area you have, or the more capacity your computer has to work with documents and applications without having to shuffle information between your RAM and your hard drive. So as an example, say you have a computer with 16GB of RAM. But as I mentioned earlier, the sheer fact that Illustrator is 64bit, doesn't actually make the application faster or better in any way. So what are the benefits of the work that went into making Illustrator a 64bit application? Stability Most crashes occur when a computer runs out of memory (RAM). Experience Future
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