is there even much difference between the 2 worth braggin about as my friend upgraded to 64 bit and he said there wasnt anything that good on the 64bit which the 32bit didnt have
vista 32bit n vista 64bit
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32 bit and 64 bits main differences
64 bit handles twice as much information in one clock cycle (2x) hence why it is double of 32
it also has support for up to 32 gb of ram (i think its 32gb might b more.)
A 64-bit chip has 1 terabyte of virtual memory compared to just four gigabytes in 32-bit processors
64 bit handles twice as much information in one clock cycle (2x) hence why it is double of 32
it also has support for up to 32 gb of ram (i think its 32gb might b more.)
A 64-bit chip has 1 terabyte of virtual memory compared to just four gigabytes in 32-bit processors
64bit has no support for anything pre-32bit.
For example. Quake 2 is 16bit. Millions worldwide still play it, but not on 64bit, it just doesnt work. Many other games and applications use the same technology. They will not work either.
I beleive (but as always i stand to be corrected), Windows 98 to XP emulated the 16bit dos subsystem to give compability to applications that required this. Vista 64 does not do this so anything that needs this simply will not run.
This was done using a windows process called wowexec.exe, its a process driver for emulating a 16bit application on a 32bit OS.
Drivers and patches have been slow out to support 64bit. My mate cant get his XP machines to print through his printer because the drivers dont support printing from a 32bit OS through a 64bit subsystem.
For this reason, stay with vista 32. Its essentially the same OS but has much better compatability.
paul
For example. Quake 2 is 16bit. Millions worldwide still play it, but not on 64bit, it just doesnt work. Many other games and applications use the same technology. They will not work either.
I beleive (but as always i stand to be corrected), Windows 98 to XP emulated the 16bit dos subsystem to give compability to applications that required this. Vista 64 does not do this so anything that needs this simply will not run.
This was done using a windows process called wowexec.exe, its a process driver for emulating a 16bit application on a 32bit OS.
Drivers and patches have been slow out to support 64bit. My mate cant get his XP machines to print through his printer because the drivers dont support printing from a 32bit OS through a 64bit subsystem.
For this reason, stay with vista 32. Its essentially the same OS but has much better compatability.
paul