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Does xp home support 64 bit?

Nithin

Nithin

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I just got a new dell inspiron and did a format/reinstall of windows. I see that it's in 32 bit mode. Does xp home support 64 bit and did they give me the wrong install cd?

or do i need xp pro to be able to run 64 bit?

Thanks,
Nithin.


 
XP Home does not come in 64 bit. Xp Pro does come in both 32 and 64 bit flavors. Since you were unaware of this, I seriously doubt you are using any software that will benefit from 64 bit.

For all home users, I reccomend staying with 32 bit for now (at least the next 12 months).
 
The only 64-bit version of Windows XP is Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Your 64-bit CPU can run 32-bit operating systems, however, so 32-bit XP Home will work.
 
Originally posted by: Nithin
I just got a new dell inspiron and did a format/reinstall of windows. I see that it's in 32 bit mode. Does xp home support 64 bit and did they give me the wrong install cd?

or do i need xp pro to be able to run 64 bit?

Thanks,
Nithin.
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Home is 32bit only. If you want to run a Microsoft 64bit OS your only real choice is Vista 64, XP64 is orphaned and I wouldnt recommend it to anyone (sans for testing scenarios)
 
I must also add that, in many situations, 64-bit is not only unnecessary; it's undesirable due to driver support (currently) not being as strong as in 32-bit. I have several pieces of music recording hardware that won't work with 64-bit because there are no drivers (thank you Line 6 :|)

64-bit does have a lot of pluses, and it's the future, no doubt. The maximum amount of RAM available for the OS increases dramatically, as well as the maximum amount of memory that a process can be assigned.

However, unless you desperately need to use 4GB of RAM or more, I strongly suggest you stick with 32-bit.
 
However, unless you desperately need to use 4GB of RAM or more, I strongly suggest you stick with 32-bit.
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I suggest that if you have drivers (e.g. a new machine) and have 2 gig already, go 64bit. This way when you do add memory you wont have to do an OS reinstall just to do so...
 
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