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L

Low Dong

It depends on which wine you use. If you go with a Red, then 64 bit may be
a bit better or a nice White wine, then you could go either way. I would
have at least 7 glasses of wine then it really doesn't matter.
 
K

Ken Blake

64 bit better than 32 bit ?
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The advantage of running a 64-bit version of Windows mostly exists
only if you also run 64-bit applications under it. Bear in mind that
there are very few such applications available yet. If you are
presently running 32-bit Windows, you don't have any 64-bit
applications, so to achieve any significant advantage, you not only
have to replace Windows, but also your applications, *if* (and that's
a big "if") 64-bit versions exist.

Also note that you will need 64-bit drivers for all your hardware.
Those drivers may not all be available, especially if some of your
hardware is a few years old. So it's possible that you might also have
to replace things like your printer, scanner, etc.

So the answer to your question is that it may not be a great idea
right now. That will undoubtedly change in the near future, as 64-bit
applications become more available, but for now, 64-bit Windows often
means some extra trouble and expense for little or no benefit.

On the other hand, installing 64-bit Windows instead of 32-bit Windows
makes you able to buy 64-bit software as it becomes available, instead
of the older 32-bit versions. That means that installing 64-bit
Windows--even though it may do very little for you at present--puts
you into a better position for the future.

One additional point: the 64-bit version lets you use more than the
approximately 3.1GB of RAM that the 32-bit version can use. Very few
people need or can make effective use of more than 3.1GB, but if you
are one of those who can, that's something else to consider.


Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
 
A

Andy from Dover

Ken Blake said:
The advantage of running a 64-bit version of Windows mostly exists
only if you also run 64-bit applications under it. Bear in mind that
there are very few such applications available yet. If you are
presently running 32-bit Windows, you don't have any 64-bit
applications, so to achieve any significant advantage, you not only
have to replace Windows, but also your applications, *if* (and that's
a big "if") 64-bit versions exist.

Also note that you will need 64-bit drivers for all your hardware.
Those drivers may not all be available, especially if some of your
hardware is a few years old. So it's possible that you might also have
to replace things like your printer, scanner, etc.

So the answer to your question is that it may not be a great idea
right now. That will undoubtedly change in the near future, as 64-bit
applications become more available, but for now, 64-bit Windows often
means some extra trouble and expense for little or no benefit.

On the other hand, installing 64-bit Windows instead of 32-bit Windows
makes you able to buy 64-bit software as it becomes available, instead
of the older 32-bit versions. That means that installing 64-bit
Windows--even though it may do very little for you at present--puts
you into a better position for the future.

One additional point: the 64-bit version lets you use more than the
approximately 3.1GB of RAM that the 32-bit version can use. Very few
people need or can make effective use of more than 3.1GB, but if you
are one of those who can, that's something else to consider.


Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Thank you Ken. As one who is in the market for a new computer I will take
your words of wisdom with me on my quest for a new laptop. (serious, no
sarcasm)
;-)
 
N

Nil

Some might say, practically 2^32 ~ 4 billion times as good....
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Wow, that's really good! I gotta get me somma that. Everybody knows
that if a little is good, more is better.
 
L

LSMFT

Niels said:
64 bit better than 32 bit ?
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It's not a matter of better. It's a matter of fit. 32 for 32 bit
processor, 64 for 64 bit processor. That all. 32 will run on a 64 bit
but why do that if you have a choice? 64 will NOT run on a 32.
 
K

Ken Blake

Thank you Ken.
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You're welcome. Glad to help.



As one who is in the market for a new computer I will take
your words of wisdom with me on my quest for a new laptop. (serious, no
sarcasm)
;-)
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
 
K

Ken Blake

Is an apple 'better' than an orange?
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That's a matter of taste. The differences between 32-bit Windows and
64-bit Windows are not simply a matter of taste.


Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Niels said:
64 bit better than 32 bit ?
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For what specific purpose?

On what specific hardware platform?

Running which specific applications?

Answers to such purely subjective questions depend entirely upon the
specific circumstances to which they apply, and you've divulfed none of
this.

You might as well try here:

Psychic Friends Network
(800) 592-7827


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
 
F

FiOS-Dave

64 bit systems are inherently safer, due to better Address Space
Randomization.

Dave
 
T

Tom Lake

It's not a matter of better. It's a matter of fit. 32 for 32 bit
processor, 64 for 64 bit processor. That all. 32 will run on a 64 bit
but why do that if you have a choice? 64 will NOT run on a 32.
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LSMFT=Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco???
 
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