Comments on: Choosing between a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Toks http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Toks Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:41:38 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-252 Your Comments @ rohit- I have two self-built systems, a 2.4 ghz quad core with Vista Ultimate 64-bit, 8gb RAM which I is nearly two years old, and 3.2 ghz dual core with Win XP Pro 32-bit 4gb RAM which is about 4 years old. Both have 512 mb dedicated graphic cards, My older son has a Dell laptop with Vista Home Premium x32, while his brothers share an Acer Desktop vith Vista home Basic. My wife has Vista home Premium x32 on her HP laptop. However we all share an internet connection as well as printer, scanner and external storage media and have never had problems connecting with one another. All the systems use NTFS format. The only problem I had initially was locating a 64-bit driver for my scanner but everything else worked just fine. Of course some software did not show any appreciable difference since they only ran as 32-bit but those that had 64-bit versions ran faster than the 32 bit versions. Funnily enough some software ( eg. Autodesk Revit 2009) ran faster on the 32-bit Win XP system because they could not make use of more than two cores which gave the 3.2 ghz dual core an advantage over the 2.4 ghz quad core even though it had twice the amount of RAM. I am about to install Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit on the older machine to see how it performs. Based on my experience with the Vista x-64 I do not foresee any problems as such. But just to be on the safe side it is going to be installed on a seperate hard disk so that I can go back to the 32-bit XP if need be.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('252','Toks'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('252','Toks','Your Comments @ rohit- I have two self-built systems,\r\n a 2.4 ghz quad core with Vista Ultimate 64-bit, 8gb RAM which I is nearly two years old, \r\nand 3.2 ghz dual core with Win XP Pro 32-bit 4gb RAM which is about 4 years old.\r\nBoth have 512 mb dedicated graphic cards,\r\n\r\nMy older son has a Dell laptop with Vista Home Premium x32, while his brothers share an Acer Desktop vith Vista home Basic. My wife has Vista home Premium x32 on her HP laptop. \r\n\r\nHowever we all share an internet connection as well as printer, scanner and external storage media and have never had problems connecting with one another. All the systems use NTFS format.\r\nThe only problem I had initially was locating a 64-bit driver for my scanner but everything else worked just fine.\r\n\r\nOf course some software did not show any appreciable difference since they only ran as 32-bit but those that had 64-bit versions ran faster than the 32 bit versions.\r\n\r\nFunnily enough some software ( eg. Autodesk Revit 2009) ran faster on the 32-bit Win XP system because they could not make use of more than two cores which gave the 3.2 ghz dual core an advantage over the 2.4 ghz quad core even though it had twice the amount of RAM.\r\n\r\nI am about to install Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit on the older machine to see how it performs. Based on my experience with the Vista x-64 I do not foresee any problems as such. But just to be on the safe side it is going to be installed on a seperate hard disk so that I can go back to the 32-bit XP if need be.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Your Comments @ rohit- I have two self-built systems,
a 2.4 ghz quad core with Vista Ultimate 64-bit, 8gb RAM which I is nearly two years old,
and 3.2 ghz dual core with Win XP Pro 32-bit 4gb RAM which is about 4 years old.
Both have 512 mb dedicated graphic cards,

My older son has a Dell laptop with Vista Home Premium x32, while his brothers share an Acer Desktop vith Vista home Basic. My wife has Vista home Premium x32 on her HP laptop.

However we all share an internet connection as well as printer, scanner and external storage media and have never had problems connecting with one another. All the systems use NTFS format.
The only problem I had initially was locating a 64-bit driver for my scanner but everything else worked just fine.

Of course some software did not show any appreciable difference since they only ran as 32-bit but those that had 64-bit versions ran faster than the 32 bit versions.

Funnily enough some software ( eg. Autodesk Revit 2009) ran faster on the 32-bit Win XP system because they could not make use of more than two cores which gave the 3.2 ghz dual core an advantage over the 2.4 ghz quad core even though it had twice the amount of RAM.

I am about to install Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit on the older machine to see how it performs. Based on my experience with the Vista x-64 I do not foresee any problems as such. But just to be on the safe side it is going to be installed on a seperate hard disk so that I can go back to the 32-bit XP if need be.

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]]> By: hasi http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-249 hasi Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:46:04 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-249 I have used Windows xp x64 for a while . performance was breathtaking specially for my programming and gaming needs ..<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('249','hasi'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('249','hasi','I have used Windows xp x64 for a while . performance was breathtaking specially for my programming and gaming needs ..'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have used Windows xp x64 for a while . performance was breathtaking specially for my programming and gaming needs ..
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]]> By: Merlin http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Merlin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:43:32 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-192 64 bit is the future, until they figure out 128 bit and then 256 bits and so on down the line. But all that's still a long ways off. Because few companies are writing 64 bit anything right now. And if you need working 64 bit drivers, good luck with that, even if they claim to have them verify that they do indeed work, a lot of them don't, or only work on certain machines. If you have specific hardware you need to use, stay with the 32 bit computer or face not being able to use your equipment, maybe forever. I've been waiting almost a year now and am being told it will be at least another year, if ever, that the company will get around to writing new anythings. Their latest solution was to pull the products off the market instead of writing working drivers. And if you moved to Win 7 and have Firewire things, good luck on getting anything to work in the next year or three. M$ changed all the rules for Firewire in W7, they even posted a white paper and new how to directions, but a lot of people it seems don't want to read it, or do the work. I've got a new 64 bit computer and all I can run is 32 bit programs. It's like having a brand new Red Corvette, with a governor, permanently set at 25 mph.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('192','Merlin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('192','Merlin','64 bit is the future, until they figure out 128 bit and then 256 bits and so on down the line. But all that\'s still a long ways off. Because few companies are writing 64 bit anything right now. And if you need working 64 bit drivers, good luck with that, even if they claim to have them verify that they do indeed work, a lot of them don\'t, or only work on certain machines. If you have specific hardware you need to use, stay with the 32 bit computer or face not being able to use your equipment, maybe forever. I\'ve been waiting almost a year now and am being told it will be at least another year, if ever, that the company will get around to writing new anythings. Their latest solution was to pull the products off the market instead of writing working drivers. And if you moved to Win 7 and have Firewire things, good luck on getting anything to work in the next year or three. M$ changed all the rules for Firewire in W7, they even posted a white paper and new how to directions, but a lot of people it seems don\'t want to read it, or do the work.\r\nI\'ve got a new 64 bit computer and all I can run is 32 bit programs. It\'s like having a brand new Red Corvette, with a governor, permanently set at 25 mph.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> 64 bit is the future, until they figure out 128 bit and then 256 bits and so on down the line. But all that’s still a long ways off. Because few companies are writing 64 bit anything right now. And if you need working 64 bit drivers, good luck with that, even if they claim to have them verify that they do indeed work, a lot of them don’t, or only work on certain machines. If you have specific hardware you need to use, stay with the 32 bit computer or face not being able to use your equipment, maybe forever. I’ve been waiting almost a year now and am being told it will be at least another year, if ever, that the company will get around to writing new anythings. Their latest solution was to pull the products off the market instead of writing working drivers. And if you moved to Win 7 and have Firewire things, good luck on getting anything to work in the next year or three. M$ changed all the rules for Firewire in W7, they even posted a white paper and new how to directions, but a lot of people it seems don’t want to read it, or do the work.
I’ve got a new 64 bit computer and all I can run is 32 bit programs. It’s like having a brand new Red Corvette, with a governor, permanently set at 25 mph.
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]]> By: Sukhbir Singh http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Sukhbir Singh Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:08:48 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-159 @BDX: Why would that be!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('159','Sukhbir Singh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('159','Sukhbir Singh','@BDX:\r\n\r\nWhy would that be!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @BDX:

Why would that be!

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]]> By: BDX http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-156 BDX Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:46:48 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-156 I think its necessary to have two computers. One with 32 bit and one with 64 bit.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('156','BDX'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('156','BDX','I think its necessary to have two computers. One with 32 bit and one with 64 bit.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think its necessary to have two computers. One with 32 bit and one with 64 bit.
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]]> By: Ishan http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Ishan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:21:13 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-129 Very informative article, simple language and articulate. I enjoyed it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('129','Ishan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('129','Ishan','Very informative article, simple language and articulate. I enjoyed it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Very informative article, simple language and articulate. I enjoyed it.
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]]> By: How to fix a slow computer? | Registry Fix Software http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-128 How to fix a slow computer? | Registry Fix Software Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:49:43 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-128 [...] Choosing between a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system | eMagzin | Lifestyle, Food and Drinks, Gadget... [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('128','How to fix a slow computer? | Registry Fix Software'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('128','How to fix a slow computer? | Registry Fix Software','[...] Choosing between a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system | eMagzin | Lifestyle, Food and Drinks, Gadget... [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] Choosing between a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system | eMagzin | Lifestyle, Food and Drinks, Gadget… [...]
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]]> By: Dhanur Bhagat http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Dhanur Bhagat Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:09:01 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-126 amazing article dude! it really cleared up a lot of my doubts!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('126','Dhanur Bhagat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('126','Dhanur Bhagat','amazing article dude! it really cleared up a lot of my doubts!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> amazing article dude! it really cleared up a lot of my doubts!
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]]> By: Sukhbir Singh http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Sukhbir Singh Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:52:57 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-125 @Bill: Awesome! You should be excited (I was also). Once you start using 64-bit, you are never going to look back.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('125','Sukhbir Singh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('125','Sukhbir Singh','@Bill:\r\n\r\nAwesome! You should be excited (I was also). Once you start using 64-bit, you are never going to look back.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Bill:

Awesome! You should be excited (I was also). Once you start using 64-bit, you are never going to look back.

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]]> By: Bill http://www.emagzin.com/featured/choosing-between-a-32-bit-and-64-bit-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Bill Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:51:11 +0000 http://www.emagzin.com/?p=1618#comment-124 I'm building a new computer and I'll be using 64 bit for the first time. I'm excited!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('124','Bill'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('124','Bill','I\'m building a new computer and I\'ll be using 64 bit for the first time. I\'m excited!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m building a new computer and I’ll be using 64 bit for the first time. I’m excited!
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