Windows XP 64-bit

[Cheex]

32-bit vs 64-bit: what is the big difference?
is the 64-bit version of windows any better than the 32-bit version?
does it make sense to use it?

please help me out with some info...thanks in advance.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.

 

[Cheex]

i hate when people make me feel stupid....don't do that....its not nice
anyway....i will try to gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle AGAIN.

 

[John]

You could also try a forum search. Here's 1 out of a hundred or more topics.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...hreadid=1750186&enterthread=y&arctab=y

Bottom line: unless you want to use 4+GB of memory stick with 32-bit

 

[Nothinman]

i hate when people make me feel stupid....don't do that....its not nice

Then don't put yourself in that position, if you think a question has been asked before it probably has so spending a little time searching the forums, google, etc will probably be quicker and better for everyone instead of just posting and hoping.

32-bit vs 64-bit: what is the big difference?

The size of a pointer.

is the 64-bit version of windows any better than the 32-bit version?
does it make sense to use it?

Depends on what you want to do and what apps you use. That's like asking whether a dump truck is better than a porche. Although in this case the dump trucks will become standard in the future so in a few years it won't really matter what you want to use.

 

[DarphB]

my 2 cents..
I am just going back from x64 to x32.
Unless you are running nothing but x64 apps that are made to run on x64 dont bother.
There are some speed improvements. And like in my case, bump from 2 to 4gb of ram.. But, I had so many application problems.. I am back to x32

 

[Nothinman]

Unless you are running nothing but x64 apps that are made to run on x64 dont bother.

That's not totally true, running 32-bit apps requires a bit more work because you have to have all of their dependencies in 32-bit versions too but it's doable if you have the time. This is one thing Linux is great for, virtually everything is already 64-bit so the only stuff you have to worry about is non-free crap like flash.