Difference in Window OS/s

[Ok3]

Sup guys,

It has been a while now hasn't it lol, stuff to do places to go anyways I was thinking something through and i was wondering what the difference between window professional, window professional 64bits, window professional 32bits, window corporation, if it has 64bit&32bits, vista pro, and vista ultimate. I believe that some of them just has more feature that all, or what is it. I just wanted to know what the major difference between a 64bit and regular professional or ultimate?? Also i also want your opinion on which is the best? Which one runs smoother or faster? Which ones uses less resources or less junky i would say when you fresh install? Also if you wish to add any more information that would be great. Thanks guys.


Jett

[luck777jojo]

64bit versions are designed for 64bit processors like..... well basically like all the new CPUs out now.

32bit versions are designed for the older 32bit processors.

Not much difference other than that... a 64bit OS running on a 64bit CPU will use to its advantage the bigger memory addressing and larger bus of the 64bit architechture.

[Ok3]

Awesome thanks man lol it's been a while man. I have a AMD Athlon 64 FX-60: Dual-Core FX ...How can you tell it's a 64bit processor?

Anyways how have you been? Good stuff man i see you around.

[scruie]

Awesome thanks man lol it's been a while man. I have a AMD Athlon 64 FX-60: Dual-Core FX ...How can you tell it's a 64bit processor?

Anyways how have you been? Good stuff man i see you around.

The clue is in the name of the CPU.

Pretty much all modern day processors are 64bit; only some of the cheaper budget models don't support 64bit, such as the Celeron and Sempron. Whilst Intel was the first to market a 'pure' 64bit CPU, it was AMD that marketed the 32/64bit CPU first. Intel could only emulate 32bit environment on the Itanium CPU. In fact, Intel's 64EMT technology was licensed from AMD.

The only true advantages of 64bit computing; for me at least, are being able to address more than 4gig of RAM and some performance increases. Though these sort of things are really only advantageous to users of high-end software such as animation companies such as Pixar or CAD systems.

The average home user can live with 32 bit for many more years to come. Very few games support 64bit. Obtaining drivers and software can also be an issue. If you decide to go 64bit make sure you do the research first.


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/top10.mspx
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-versus-Windows-or-32-bit-versus-64bit-1349.shtml

[Ok3]

Thanks man. Always the man to count on scruie.

[scruie]

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Not a problem. Anyhow, forgot to move this the other day to TECH section. So, remedying that error now.

[dut]

Weel its preaty difficult to find 64 bits drivers for ATI cards and also for many sound cards

You may test the 64 OS on a different HD or another partition of your HD

[thewalesaver]

Vista.. crashes. constantly. frequently. every five minutes.
dont get it. its performance is terrible. even to advanced users who can tweak.
right now, im on an xp. vista is on my laptop and is 'loading' right now. its been loading for about 2 hours now and probably wont be loaded for another few hours. all its showing is the welcome screen. and then when it loads, it wont let me start any programs. at all.
vista is a slow, unresponsive, waste of money. buy a puppy instead.