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Which Vista to get ?

Zenoth

Zenoth

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My local store will receive their OEM versions next week, and the price differences between the 32-Bit and the 64-Bit versions is extremely low (about 1$ between Home Premium 32-Bit and 64-Bit, and around 5$ between Ultimate 32-Bit and 64-Bit).

I was wondering if it'd be wise to go with 64-Bit for my next upgrade, to go "future-proof". Should I ?
 
Originally posted by: justlnluck
Other than > 4 GB of RAM, what are the other benefits of a 64-bit operating system?
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Not much, other than a few security features which may or may not actually make a little difference in security. Nothing, at least, that outweighs the incompatibilities in driver support.

With that said, I just installed Vista Ultimate x64 and had no exclamation points in the device manager. Lucky? Perhaps, but XP x64 was nowhere near that good. That Vista x64 is a lot closer to Vista x32 in driver support than XP x64 was to XP is certain.
 
Isn't 32-Bit going to be replaced one day or another anyway ?

Yes of course it might take a few years, but I'm pretty sure it will eventually.

I will go with the 32-Bit version since I am mostly a gamer, I guess. So to avoid drivers problems that would slow down my games, and such. But perhaps in two or three years I could consider buying the 64-Bit version, and, by then it should be more affordable.
 
New egg has Home basic 64bit version for 99 dollars. I'm planning on building a new system for myself and was thinking of going 64bit. This is One thing that I don't like in the Disclaimer is that "This OEM software is intended for system builders only and cannot be transferred to another PC once it is installed."
Does it mean I have to purchase another copy let say if my motherboard fried or when I decided to upgrade my system again in the near future. If that's the case I will use my XP home as long as I can until they stop providing patches.

Now I know why poeple are pirating their software left and right.
 
Originally posted by: Nickyct
Does it mean I have to purchase another copy let say if my motherboard fried or when I decided to upgrade my system again in the near future. If that's the case I will use my XP home as long as I can until they stop providing patches.
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For OEM licenses...

Legal: your motherboard fried, and you replaced it.
Illegal: you got tired of your old motherboard, and upgraded it to a newer/better model.
 
People always say to stay away from Vista x64 due to compatibility issues. Generally, these people are refering to driver compatibility rather than software compatibility. I don't give a rip about the already known issues with drivers. I'm more concerned with software compatibility. How is the actual software under x64 compared to x86/x32?
 
I have just installed OEM HP x64 bit version,really impressed,found drivers for everything except my Leadtek USB DTV(pretty new product so I expect both Vista x32 and x64 drivers for that soon).

I have installed quite a bit of my old software and they all work well,no crashes or lockups yet(always good sign).

I'm a very happy Vista owner at the moment ,only need to install my usb readyboost device now, lol I forgot to do that.
 
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