Should I install 64-bit OS

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I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with it on my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
 
Will these apps run on 64 bit and does 64 bit have the drivers for your
hardware - drivers can be a big issue.
 
Forget about the system having the "smarts to determine it is ok for my
hardware platform. At this stage no way! Have you downloaded and run the
Microsoft Upgrade Advisor? It is the program that has the "smarts" that you
are looking for.
 
Go for 32bit.. compatibility is not such an issue.. and you have no mission
critical 64bit applications..


Nick said:
I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with it on
my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
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Thanks Charles.

I have just taken the laptop out of the box ... so I've done nothing to it
(ie haven't run Upgrade Advisor). I was looking for advise on 32 vs 64 bit
.... not any system smarts at this stage.
 
No, you should stick with the 32-bit version. Unless you need to support
64-bit software or use more then 4gb of RAM there is no benefit in running
the 64-bit version of Windows.

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Thanks Richard.

I'm going down the 32-bit path. It seems that the computer comes with a
whole lot of software pre-loaded (don't know if it is Vista or HP). For
example, Norton is pre-loaded but I'm going to go with NOD32.

Richard G. Harper said:
No, you should stick with the 32-bit version. Unless you need to support
64-bit software or use more then 4gb of RAM there is no benefit in running
the 64-bit version of Windows.

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Nick said:
I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with it on
my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
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Hi

I have V64 Ultimate and have to say that although I love the ability to run
more than 4gb of RAM (see my other posts) the practical difficulty of getting
everything to work together outweighs the benefits (which I'm sad about as I
think we should all move to 64b as soon as possible to use more RAM).

Also, I just got an iPhone and it turns out it's incompatible w V64, on V32.

dl


Nick said:
Thanks Richard.

I'm going down the 32-bit path. It seems that the computer comes with a
whole lot of software pre-loaded (don't know if it is Vista or HP). For
example, Norton is pre-loaded but I'm going to go with NOD32.

Richard G. Harper said:
No, you should stick with the 32-bit version. Unless you need to support
64-bit software or use more then 4gb of RAM there is no benefit in running
the 64-bit version of Windows.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Nick said:
I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with it on
my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
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Seeing more RAM is not necessarily using more RAM..


darklex said:
Hi

I have V64 Ultimate and have to say that although I love the ability to
run
more than 4gb of RAM (see my other posts) the practical difficulty of
getting
everything to work together outweighs the benefits (which I'm sad about as
I
think we should all move to 64b as soon as possible to use more RAM).

Also, I just got an iPhone and it turns out it's incompatible w V64, on
V32.

dl


Nick said:
Thanks Richard.

I'm going down the 32-bit path. It seems that the computer comes with a
whole lot of software pre-loaded (don't know if it is Vista or HP). For
example, Norton is pre-loaded but I'm going to go with NOD32.

Richard G. Harper said:
No, you should stick with the 32-bit version. Unless you need to
support
64-bit software or use more then 4gb of RAM there is no benefit in
running
the 64-bit version of Windows.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on
the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English
Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business
Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the
system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with
it on
my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long
discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
 
A wise decision.

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Nick said:
Thanks Richard.

I'm going down the 32-bit path. It seems that the computer comes with a
whole lot of software pre-loaded (don't know if it is Vista or HP). For
example, Norton is pre-loaded but I'm going to go with NOD32.

Richard G. Harper said:
No, you should stick with the 32-bit version. Unless you need to support
64-bit software or use more then 4gb of RAM there is no benefit in
running
the 64-bit version of Windows.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Nick said:
I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English
Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business
Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the
system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with it
on
my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long
discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
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Ignore the driver issues, is it 'theoretically' 64 bit CPU runs better the
64 bit OS than 32 bit OS?
I just ask.

Richard G. Harper said:
A wise decision.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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Nick said:
Thanks Richard.

I'm going down the 32-bit path. It seems that the computer comes with a
whole lot of software pre-loaded (don't know if it is Vista or HP). For
example, Norton is pre-loaded but I'm going to go with NOD32.

Richard G. Harper said:
No, you should stick with the 32-bit version. Unless you need to support
64-bit software or use more then 4gb of RAM there is no benefit in
running
the 64-bit version of Windows.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have recently purchased a HP nx9420 with 2G RAM. When I turned on the
computer for the fist time, it asks me to select between "English
Windows
Vista Business Edition (x64)" or "English Windows Vista Business
Edition".

My natural instincts are to go for the x64 .. because I presume the
system
has the smarts to determine it is ok for my hardware platform.

I intend to install a limited number of apps:
- Office Professional 2007
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Professional 8.0 (although I'm having lots of problems with it
on
my
XP since Adobe provided an upgrade to 8.1 ... there is a long
discussion
group on an adobe forum on that one!!)
- Some printers and scanners
- Blackberry desktop

The AV I will be using is NOD32.

I'd be interested in any thoughts, tips, etc.

Thanks in advance.
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:44:48 +1000, "Alan T"
Ignore the driver issues, is it 'theoretically' 64 bit CPU runs better the
64 bit OS than 32 bit OS?
I just ask.
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I think it depends on whether the app load benefits from 64-bit
addressing, and whether RAM is large enough (say, > 3G) for the
limitations of Vista32's addressing to kick in.

I'd snap it down to: If you have a large foreground app that is
available in 64-bit form, consider a 64-bit OS to run it.


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