Quar Core 2 Duo and 64 bit?

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I can't go to Vista just yet as there are some aompatibility issues
with legacy applications I am forced to run.
So, should I order Windows XP 64 bit? I don't have any 64 bit
applications just yet and probably won't for a while, but will other
32 bit standard apps run faster on a 64bit OS or slower? Or no change?
 
Edward said:
I can't go to Vista just yet as there are some compatibility issues
with legacy applications I am forced to run.
So, should I order Windows XP 64 bit? I don't have any 64 bit
applications just yet and probably won't for a while, but will other
32 bit standard apps run faster on a 64bit OS or slower? Or no change?
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Stick with 32-bit. Your legacy applications may not run properly on x64
and the 32-bit ones won't run any faster.

John
 
John John said:
Stick with 32-bit. Your legacy applications may not run properly on x64
and the 32-bit ones won't run any faster.

John
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I agree. I do have 64-bit XP Pro, 32-bit *may* run a tad faster, but not
worth the change, and there are some 32-bit apps that won't run properly, or
at all under 64-bit. This also depends on 64-bit drivers being available for
your hardware.
 
I can't go to Vista just yet as there are some aompatibility issues
with legacy applications I am forced to run.
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So, should I order Windows XP 64 bit?
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Probably not.

I don't have any 64 bit
applications just yet and probably won't for a while,
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There are very few available yet.

but will other
32 bit standard apps run faster on a 64bit OS or slower? Or no change?
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They will run at much the same speed they do now. There is hardly any
benefit to be achieved by running 64-bit Windows unless you have
64-bit apps.

Moreover, you may have trouble getting 64-bit drivers for all your
hardware.

In a few years, most of us will be running 64-bit Windows. But for the
present, only rarely does it make sense for someone to do so.
 
Edward said:
I can't go to Vista just yet as there are some aompatibility issues
with legacy applications I am forced to run.
So, should I order Windows XP 64 bit? I don't have any 64 bit
applications just yet and probably won't for a while, but will other
32 bit standard apps run faster on a 64bit OS or slower? Or no change?
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FYI there is also a newsgroup for 64bit XP.
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general

Probably not benefit and some drawbacks - lack of hardware drivers - if you
go to 64bit XP.
 
Edward said:
I can't go to Vista just yet as there are some aompatibility issues
with legacy applications I am forced to run.
So, should I order Windows XP 64 bit? I don't have any 64 bit
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No. Just buy XP2 32 bit and it will work perfectly.
 
Stick with 32-bit. Your legacy applications may not run properly on x64
and the 32-bit ones won't run any faster.

John
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That seems to be the consensus. Thanks, kids!

Ed
 
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