Vista Home Premium - 64 Bit or 32 Bit ??

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  1. Nor

    Nor-Folk-In-Chance Active Member

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    Which is best to get ???

    TIA
     
    Nor-Folk-In-Chance, Feb 26, 2008
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    64 bit will recognise 4 gig of memory if your board is up to it but needs specific drivers. 32 bit has al lthe drivers you want but recognises 3 gig max. To be honest, for everyday use there's not enough to make a difference.
     
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    Almost right.

    Vista Home Premium will recognise much more than 4GB of RAM on compatible 64bit hardware. You are right in that it overcomes the (almost) 4GB limit of 32 bit systems.</p><table class="dataTable" id="EMB" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><thead><tr><td class="dataTableHeaderCorner" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/dt_hdr_side_left.gif')" valign="top">[​IMG]</td><td class="dataTableHeaderMid" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/dt_hdr_top.gif')" valign="middle">Windows Vista Edition</td><td class="dataTableHeaderMid" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/dt_hdr_top.gif')" valign="middle">64-bit memory support</td><td class="dataTableHeaderCorner" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/dt_hdr_side_right.gif')" valign="top">[​IMG]</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="dataTableItemRowTop" style="height: 1px" colspan="99">[​IMG]</td></tr><a name="EUB" /><tr class="dataTableItemRowOdd" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/bkg_table_wht.png')" valign="top"><td class="dataTableBorderLeft">[​IMG]</td><td class="dataTableItem">

    Home Basic</p></td><td class="dataTableItemLast">

    8 GB</p></td><td class="dataTableBorderRight">[​IMG]</td></tr><tr class="dataTableItemRowEven" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/bkg_table_gray.png')" valign="top"><td class="dataTableBorderLeft">[​IMG]</td><td class="dataTableItem">

    Home Premium</p></td><td class="dataTableItemLast">

    16 GB</p></td><td class="dataTableBorderRight">[​IMG]</td></tr><tr class="dataTableItemRowOdd" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/bkg_table_wht.png')" valign="top"><td class="dataTableBorderLeft">[​IMG]</td><td class="dataTableItem">

    Ultimate</p></td><td class="dataTableItemLast">

    128+ GB</p></td><td class="dataTableBorderRight">[​IMG]</td></tr><tr class="dataTableItemRowEven" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/bkg_table_gray.png')" valign="top"><td class="dataTableBorderLeft">[​IMG]</td><td class="dataTableItem">

    Business</p></td><td class="dataTableItemLast">

    128+ GB</p></td><td class="dataTableBorderRight">[​IMG]</td></tr><tr class="dataTableItemRowOdd" style="background-image: url('../../windows/templates/Article/../Common/images/bkg_table_wht.png')" valign="top"><td class="dataTableBorderLeft">[​IMG]</td><td class="dataTableItem">

    Enterprise</p></td><td class="dataTableItemLast">

    128+ GB</p></td><td class="dataTableBorderRight">[​IMG]</td></tr><tr><td class="dataTableItemRowBottom" style="height: 1px" colspan="99">[​IMG]</td></tr></tbody></table><a name="EPC" />
     
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    Jax Well-Known Member

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    I was talking in affordable figures LOL

    Most users probably couldn't afford over 8 gig in the array you would have to put them in the MB, a large percentage of the time you would have to remap the memory in BIOS as well. Certainly with Gigabyte and Asus boards.
     
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    XP or Linux...

    Or if you really must get Vista - then make sure it's Service pack 2.
     
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    What, and bypass SP1 ? nt
     
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    32 bit is more compatible
     
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    LOL...

    Vista SP1 is the worst thing since the first launch of XP SP2.

    Turd (N)
     
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