Laptop Vista 32 or 64 bit

[General Specific]

I just got a laptop with the Intel Core Duo Processor T5250.

According to Intel, the T5250 is a 64 bit processor. The version of
Vista it came with is Home Premium.

Could I upgrade to the 64 bit version of Vista?

Would it run slower?

Should I?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Stay with the 32-bit version. You're not going
to see hardly any performance boost going to
64-bit unless you're working with video, large
database searches, or games and other programs
that require complex calculations and a lot of memory.

A 32-bit computer works very well for most programs,
however. For example, spreadsheet programs, web browsers,
and word processing programs will run at about the same
speed on either a 32-bit or a 64-bit computer.

32-bit and 64-bit Windows: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Wi...1554-d5ef-4f2c-8fb9-149bdc5c8a701033.mspx#ERC

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I just got a laptop with the Intel Core Duo Processor T5250.

According to Intel, the T5250 is a 64 bit processor. The version of
Vista it came with is Home Premium.

Could I upgrade to the 64 bit version of Vista?

Would it run slower?

Should I?

 

[Lang Murphy]

I just got a laptop with the Intel Core Duo Processor T5250.

According to Intel, the T5250 is a 64 bit processor. The version of
Vista it came with is Home Premium.

Could I upgrade to the 64 bit version of Vista?

Would it run slower?

Should I?

I wouldn't recommend moving to the x64 version of Vista. I fully agree with
Carey's observations. The only thing I'd add is: you should check the
availability of x64 drivers for your hardware -prior- to making the move, if
your curious nature overwhelms your steady-state nature.

Lang

 

[Richard G. Harper]

You could, the question is, why would you? Unless you have 64-bit software
or you need to run with more than 4gb of memory, there is no advantage to
running 64-bit Windows. There are significant disadvantages as many
hardware manufacturers do not yet have 64-bit drivers available and as some
programs do not run correctly in 64-bit Windows.

Unless you have a need to, don't.

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[General Specific]

I just got a laptop with the Intel Core Duo Processor T5250.

According to Intel, the T5250 is a 64 bit processor. The version of
Vista it came with is Home Premium.

Could I upgrade to the 64 bit version of Vista?

Would it run slower?

Should I?

Thanks.

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