Comments on: Vista 64 Bit http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/ Fri, 03 May 2013 00:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mike McBride http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Mike McBride Sat, 23 May 2009 22:57:54 +0000 http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/#comment-656 Thanks for the input guys. I definitely understand the performance boost you get with the larger RAM capacity, I just knew there were definitely some capability issues, that’s why I was somewhat surprised to see it be the default for home PC’s like that. I can only imagine the number of folks who went out to get a new PC and were angry about their old printer not working anymore. *L*

]]> By: argosreality http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-655 argosreality Sat, 23 May 2009 18:58:19 +0000 http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/#comment-655 The only real issues a home user would run into is older peripherals like printers, scanners, etc. Especially since you cant run unsigned drivers (atleast without hacks) so you cant try forcing old drivers.

Thats the only true issues I’ve run into.

]]> By: Firestarter5 http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Firestarter5 Sat, 23 May 2009 14:31:26 +0000 http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/#comment-654 http://www.vistax64.com

I just purchased a new Dell with Vista Home Premium 64-Bit and I ordered 8Gigs of RAM and a 1 Terabyte hard drive. I don’t want the thing to be outdated within 6 months, and I can tell you this, the thing is a rocket ship in terms of performance.

]]> By: 1datarecovery http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-653 1datarecovery Sat, 23 May 2009 13:15:38 +0000 http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/#comment-653 I think the reason may be that Windows Vista 32bit is limited to 2Gb. They play some games to push it to 3Gb using the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE option.

But, I think to really use all the 6Gb or 7Gb of address space, you need the 64bit version on Windows. There are a few issues with some application, but most of the pain has been with 3rd party device drivers.

Some serious game players will use a dual-boot system so that they can use XP for game playing.

In all fairness to Microsoft, they really do go out of their way to maintain backwards compatibility. Sometimes they may be better off not to.

–Brian
http://assistdatarecovery.com

]]> By: absoblogginlutely http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/comment-page-1/#comment-652 absoblogginlutely Sat, 23 May 2009 13:10:34 +0000 http://mikemcbrideonline.com/2009/05/vista-64-bit/#comment-652 I don’t think there are that many incompatibilities nowadays. As long as you stay away from Symantec’s AV software you’ll probably be ok. (There are some strange features missing in 64bit and when we first started deploying servers it wouldn’t even load either). I was going to put 64bit Windows7 on my home pc but the cpu doesn’t support 64bit.

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