Originally posted by: jonmcc33
Originally posted by: Mem
Don't forget if you want to use 4GB of ram or more then Vista x64 is the right choice,personally I don't have any issues with Vista x64 and the fact that it can run 99% of 32 bit software is really a bonus,add the fact that you can add present and future 64 bit software,slightly better security, plus the benefit that 4GB+ of ram will bring to games and software down the road.
As you can see it does not take a lot of thinking to see which is the wiser choice,sure its all down to 64 bit drivers and your hardware, but thats easy to figure out.
It doesn't matter because the 32-bit applications will never take advantage of that additional memory.
Vista itself has issues working with certain 32-bit software. I would never say it can run 99% of what's out there.
When 64-bit applications are a requirement is when you'll need a 64-bit OS. From what I've seen that won't be until the next Microsoft desktop OS release
after Vista. When is that scheduled for release? 2010 or so?
99% was a figure of speech ,in my case it runs all my 32 bit software (100%) ,the only thing it could not run was an old 16 bit paint program(I knew this anyway) I had due to no legacy 16 bit support in Vista x64,btw I just got the newer 32 bit vesion(problem solved). I'm happy with my 32 bit success rate ,oh and all the 32 bit games I have thrown at it runs too(so far about 42 games I have tried,more on the way).
Vista itself has issues working with certain 32-bit software
You make it sound like Vista/Vista x64 can't run 32 bit programs ,I did say 99%, the other 1 % was for 32 bit specialized software for XP only or software thats not compatible with Vista,I'm not going to argue over the percentage since in the real world its very small for most users,a lot of 32 bit software will work on Vista this is a known fact.
When 64-bit applications are a requirement is when you'll need a 64-bit OS. From what I've seen that won't be until the next Microsoft desktop OS release after Vista. When is that scheduled for release? 2010 or so?
Its not a question of requirement,its a question of choices and progress,not to meantion change which takes time.
Their next OS is Vienna which probably will get delayed knowing Microsoft.
Microsoft is pushing for 64 bit software/OS,one of the reasons is WHQL drivers ,companies in question have to submit both 32 bit and 64 bit drivers to them if they want WHQL testing,why do we have 64 bit CPUs etc,you can get some 64 bit software right now,do you think ram won't be an issue down the road,you think we never need 4GB of ram or more,its called progress just like 32 bit software phased out 16 bit software,64 bit software is coming ,yes it might be slow at this time but nothing wrong with jumping on 64 bit bandwagon right now, especially when its easy to check what 64 bit drivers are available and what 32 bit software will run.
Vista is very good and more efficient at using available memory,have a readup on it .Gamers know we will always need more ram every year,I won't meantion how video cards are getting bigger ram wise too and we all know what that means with available ram limit on a 32 bit OS.
I'm using both 32 bit and 64 bit software,the fact is I can use both so its a bonus ,I have tried Firefox 64 bit,using 64 bit Thunderbird,64 bit defrag software to name a few.Price is the same for 32 bit or 64 bit OS so pricing is not an issue.You think we are going to stay on 32 bit forever?
Personally I'm very impressed with Vista(in my case Vista x64) and how well it handles what I throw at it.My next upgrade next year I'm going to 8GB so you know what that means
😉 64 bit all the way.
