I've got a Dell D830 with Vista Ultimate 32-bit pre-installed. It's got the
max 4GB of RAM installed. I do not yet own any software or hardware which
claims it can benefit from 64-bit so what are the advantages?

I will not be doing any gaming but I will be doing a lot of batch processing
of camera RAW files with Photoshop CS3. The guys in the Photoshop forum said
there is no benefit really unless I was able to load more RAM.

So is it worth it?
-Bob

Not really worth it for you. If your software can't take advantage of it,
you really won't gain anything. It will see the full 4 GB of RAM installed,
but that's about it. If you want to add more RAM, then the 64 bit version
would make sense. Other than that, probably not.

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"just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
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> I've got a Dell D830 with Vista Ultimate 32-bit pre-installed. It's got
> the max 4GB of RAM installed. I do not yet own any software or hardware
> which claims it can benefit from 64-bit so what are the advantages?
>
> I will not be doing any gaming but I will be doing a lot of batch
> processing of camera RAW files with Photoshop CS3. The guys in the
> Photoshop forum said there is no benefit really unless I was able to load
> more RAM.
>
> So is it worth it?
> -Bob
>

There's no real benefit to running 64-bit Windows unless you are either
using a program that requires 64-bit Windows or unless you need to support
more than 4gb of memory. Since some programs may not work in 64-bit
Windows, and some hardware manufacturers are not on the 64-bit bandwagon
yet, it is best to stick with 32-bit Windows unless there is a real need
otherwise.

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"just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got a Dell D830 with Vista Ultimate 32-bit pre-installed. It's got
> the max 4GB of RAM installed. I do not yet own any software or hardware
> which claims it can benefit from 64-bit so what are the advantages?
>
> I will not be doing any gaming but I will be doing a lot of batch
> processing of camera RAW files with Photoshop CS3. The guys in the
> Photoshop forum said there is no benefit really unless I was able to load
> more RAM.
>
> So is it worth it?
> -Bob
>

Hi,

I've been stuck on the fact the laptop cannot use more than 4GB of RAM but
does not Vista have the ability to add more ram via USB drives pr other? Or
is this really not worth getting into? I'm thinking a 4GB memory stick to
add RAM, brings me to 8GB. Is that extra 4GB usable by Vista 64-bit? Is that
external 4gB just too darn slow to be worth doing? Is that extra 4GB just
the same as increasing my paging file?

Thanks!


"Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F57787EC-89CC-4A57-B42B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> There's no real benefit to running 64-bit Windows unless you are either
> using a program that requires 64-bit Windows or unless you need to support
> more than 4gb of memory. Since some programs may not work in 64-bit
> Windows, and some hardware manufacturers are not on the 64-bit bandwagon
> yet, it is best to stick with 32-bit Windows unless there is a real need
> otherwise.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail 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/
>
>
> "just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I've got a Dell D830 with Vista Ultimate 32-bit pre-installed. It's got
>> the max 4GB of RAM installed. I do not yet own any software or hardware
>> which claims it can benefit from 64-bit so what are the advantages?
>>
>> I will not be doing any gaming but I will be doing a lot of batch
>> processing of camera RAW files with Photoshop CS3. The guys in the
>> Photoshop forum said there is no benefit really unless I was able to load
>> more RAM.
>>
>> So is it worth it?
>> -Bob
>>
>

A 4GB memory stick acts like a disk drive just as a USB drive does it does
not add to main memory RAM.
If you configure it for Ready Boost it acts a high speed cache to your
paging file greatly increasing the speed to get something back from the
paging file.
"just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I've been stuck on the fact the laptop cannot use more than 4GB of RAM but
> does not Vista have the ability to add more ram via USB drives pr other?
> Or is this really not worth getting into? I'm thinking a 4GB memory stick
> to add RAM, brings me to 8GB. Is that extra 4GB usable by Vista 64-bit? Is
> that external 4gB just too darn slow to be worth doing? Is that extra 4GB
> just the same as increasing my paging file?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F57787EC-89CC-4A57-B42B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> There's no real benefit to running 64-bit Windows unless you are either
>> using a program that requires 64-bit Windows or unless you need to
>> support more than 4gb of memory. Since some programs may not work in
>> 64-bit Windows, and some hardware manufacturers are not on the 64-bit
>> bandwagon yet, it is best to stick with 32-bit Windows unless there is a
>> real need otherwise.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail 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/
>>
>>
>> "just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I've got a Dell D830 with Vista Ultimate 32-bit pre-installed. It's got
>>> the max 4GB of RAM installed. I do not yet own any software or hardware
>>> which claims it can benefit from 64-bit so what are the advantages?
>>>
>>> I will not be doing any gaming but I will be doing a lot of batch
>>> processing of camera RAW files with Photoshop CS3. The guys in the
>>> Photoshop forum said there is no benefit really unless I was able to
>>> load more RAM.
>>>
>>> So is it worth it?
>>> -Bob
>>>
>>
>
>

The "extra 4GB" of memory via a USB stick is called "Ready Boost" and is
really only of any utility for systems with small amounts of memory. It
isn't worth doing with 4GB of installed memory.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...eadyboost.mspx


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"just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I've been stuck on the fact the laptop cannot use more than 4GB of RAM but
> does not Vista have the ability to add more ram via USB drives pr other?
> Or is this really not worth getting into? I'm thinking a 4GB memory stick
> to add RAM, brings me to 8GB. Is that extra 4GB usable by Vista 64-bit? Is
> that external 4gB just too darn slow to be worth doing? Is that extra 4GB
> just the same as increasing my paging file?