I've just found the page on the MS website (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx). Thanks Burnsy I never knew you could do that, can you upgrade or do you have to do a clean install?
Are all modern processors 64bit?
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That's for retail. There's another link for OEM media.
And you need to reinstall unfortuently.
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Thanks! 
edit: It seems that for OEM versions you should contact the company who supplied it. In my case this would be Dell who, from browsing the support forums, dont seem to offer copies but people have said a 32bit OEM key will work with a 64bit retail dvd?)
edit2: but of course you can't get that 64bit retail dvd with an OEM product key
edit: It seems that for OEM versions you should contact the company who supplied it. In my case this would be Dell who, from browsing the support forums, dont seem to offer copies but people have said a 32bit OEM key will work with a 64bit retail dvd?)
edit2: but of course you can't get that 64bit retail dvd with an OEM product key
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Phone Dell, I have had 64 bit media from them before
Another tool to determine processor features if anyone is interested: http://www.grc.com/securable.htm
Old hardware that will likely never have x64 drivers released (mostly printers), legacy internal 16-bit apps required by companies and most people still don't need more than about 2GB of memory.
That 2nd one will be fixed with the new seamless virtualisation beta from Microsoft though, which looks nice (app appears as a normal shortcut, appears to run in a normal window but is actually running on a virtual instance of xp or 2k).
The next server release is x64 only IIRC though.
Because the market isn't ready for ditching 32-bit yet. There's still a lot of kit out there, and applications, that don't work with x64 OS'es. It's likely fine for all of us lot, but we don't represent the majority of users
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I didn't know this, so stuff like old MS-DOS-era apps can't run without a virtual OS?
Yeah but that has been true for a while. Luckily there is a program called DosBox that will run on any modern OS and can run most DOS applications.
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I don't know, I run 32-bit XP and most DOS-era games run fine. It's only the odd one that needs Dosbox.
No, not all modern CPUs are 64bit compliant. I have an asus X51r laptop which I tried to install windows 7 64bit on to, it wouldn't even load the installer and gave the reason that the CPU wasn't 64bit compatible.
Its CPU is a pentium dual core 1.86Ghz, which as far as I know is a derivative of the core 2 duos. So no, not all modern CPUs are 64bit capable.
Its CPU is a pentium dual core 1.86Ghz, which as far as I know is a derivative of the core 2 duos. So no, not all modern CPUs are 64bit capable.
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Which model CPU is that, kylew? Before the low end Atoms recently the last 32-bit were the Core (1) Duos.