Windows 64 bit or Vista 64?

[CHOPS123]

Which would you use? All the bad reviews on Vista make me want to stay with xp. I installed a copy of window 64 bit once and it ran like crap.....It may have just been a bad install etc.....Any advice would be great. One thing Ive always wondered is if you are not running a 64 bit OS but have a 64 bit cpu what are the advantages. Seems like alot of ppl have 64 bit cpu but run them on a 32 bit os?

[juneau]

If you had to go with a 64bit OS i would probably choose Vista. XP64 wasn't the greatest piece of software ever released. Plus Vista is getting fixed and patched all the time.

[CHOPS123]

What advatages do you have other than 4 gigs of ram support?

[Gremlin_flg]

I use VIsta 64 with 4gigs. There are more drivers for Vista 64 than xp64. It runs little quicker I think than the 32.

[Ghost_Rain]

it runs 10% faster than 32 bit vista

[drunken_chef]

What advatages do you have other than 4 gigs of ram support?

actually 64 bit OSs can use up to 2^64 bytes of RAM.

that's 17,179,869,184 gigabytes

[Dead...Again]

As others have said, if you are going for a 64bit OS, I would recommend Vista x64. Driver support is very good for Vista x64. I am running Vista x64 with 4GB of RAM and it runs great. I have had no problems finding drivers for any of my hardware and haven't had any problems with applications.

[CHOPS123]

Thanks for the info.....Now I just need to get my hands on a copy of Vista 64 bit

[ryanbatc]

Thanks for the info.....Now I just need to get my hands on a copy of Vista 64 bit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116204

[CHOPS123]

As bad as this may sound I cant stand paying for MS software

[Zantheus]

problem solved...I hooked him up

[Jeffro]

this what i don;'t understand but i'm not too knowledgeable in this area. why have two different versions? why just not have 64bit since its "better." can somebody explain?

[ryanbatc]

As bad as this may sound I cant stand paying for MS software

:P

[CHOPS123]

Yea Im with Jeffro on this.....They hyped up 64 bit operating systems years ago saying it was the way to go.....but they still offer 32 bit ? I was in Bestbuy the other day looking at computer and almost all of them were pre loaded with vista 32 bit?

[CarbonFire]

this what i don;'t understand but i'm not too knowledgeable in this area. why have two different versions? why just not have 64bit since its "better." can somebody explain?

Well, XP-64 is their older version, pretty much their first attempt to get windows working with the consumer 64-bit chips. It was a patch effort at best, so it didn't get the full support (especially from 3rd party driver manufacturers) that it needed.

Vista64 was built from th ground up as a 64-bit OS to take better advantage of the 64-bit architecture. As it is newer, and the 3rd parties have had a chance to catch up, theres much more support with this new one. Vista64 is also a bit more secure, since this is a full rewrite of windows, MS has locked down the system files better then they did with their 32-bit systems. So it's better security AND better performance that give Vista64 the advantage.

They still have 32-bit and 64 because the bulk of the software out there is STILL not 64-bit compatible. There just isn't enough software out there currently to warrant the move for everyone YET, but for some (especially in certain high-tech industries and gaming), the move up makes sense. It's been a slow process, but the migration to all 64-bit will happen eventually