Windows Vista b6000 Ultimate Ed. installations' disk space usagesbetween 32-bit vs. 64-bit

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Phillip Pi

Hello.

Is it me or are the installed disk usages significantly different (a few
GB) between a 32-bit and a 64-bit installation? This is on the same
machine (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe with an Athlon 64 3200+ 754 CPU), same
Ultimate Edition, and similiar options in installation. I did notice an
extra Program Files (x86) in my C:\ root directory that takes over 300
MB. Is this the only difference that makes the disk usage different?

Thank you in advance.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
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Bill Frisbee

If 32 bit compatibility wasn't required, it would be much closer in size.
WoW (Windows on Windows) takes up a bunch of space.


Bill F.
 
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Colin Barnhorst

No it doesn't. WOW64 is a very thin emulation layer that is only needed
when a 32bit program makes operating system calls, such as drivers. 32 bit
programs run natively on a 64bit cpu.
 

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