What are the advatages and disadvantages of XP Pro 64bit and 32bit because 64bit can use any amount of memory (which I want) but I've also heard that some software is incompatible with 64bit. Can some one please explain this to me?
Advantages & Disadvantages Of XP Pro 64 & 32 bit
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. I think drivers for 64Bit XP are pretty limited as well.
I use XP64 and I haven't had many problems. If you want to stick with XP over Vista, then there's no reason not to go 64 bit, especially if you have more than 2-3Gbs of RAM. It's rare to come across software or games that don't work flawlessly with XP64, and if there's any problems they are easy to sort out.
What's the maximum amount of memory XP Pro 32bit recognises!? Atm I've got Vista Ultimate 64bit, but personally Ive found it more trouble than it's worth so Im planning on going back to XP, just wondering if there's any advantage of 32bit over 64bit, I have 4gb of Ram!
Don't see the need for 64bit XP, it's not as if it is faster and XP's memory usage with 4GB ram is so low nothing brings it to it's knees unless you want to play some games and maybe photoshop and some other things at the same time 
XP 32 recognizes something like 3.2-3.5GB of the ram. Well it can use the full 4GB ram, just only gives you 3.2-3.5GB of it.
Odd you having allot of trouble with Vista x64, being using it for over a year and had hardly any problems!
XP 32 recognizes something like 3.2-3.5GB of the ram. Well it can use the full 4GB ram, just only gives you 3.2-3.5GB of it.
Odd you having allot of trouble with Vista x64, being using it for over a year and had hardly any problems!
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~3.25GB
Been running XP x64 since launch and it was a pain to begin with but the best thing about Vista being released was that XP x64 caught up with drivers/software etc. I now dual boot XP x64 and Vista x64 and only ever use Vista to try out DX10 stuff.