64 or 32 bit Win7?
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*sigh* another day and the same question that has been asked zillions of times before. the answer is to simply use 64bit.
yes you need 64bit drivers but as microsoft won't digitally sign them unless hardware manufacturers submit 32bit AND 64bit versions, the point is moot. 32bit apps run fine. infact there are still relatively few apps that are 64bit only. certainly not games anyway.
and no, there are no problems. what you've "heard" is crap. there is only one reason to run 32bit these days - and that's if your cpu isn't capable of running 64bit. it's been the defacto standard for years now. even the cheapest of cheap OEM machines ship with it as standard. case in point being an advent laptop i got for xmas had it pre-installed. it has a crappy single core celeron but even that is capable of running 64bit windows.
yes you need 64bit drivers but as microsoft won't digitally sign them unless hardware manufacturers submit 32bit AND 64bit versions, the point is moot. 32bit apps run fine. infact there are still relatively few apps that are 64bit only. certainly not games anyway.
and no, there are no problems. what you've "heard" is crap. there is only one reason to run 32bit these days - and that's if your cpu isn't capable of running 64bit. it's been the defacto standard for years now. even the cheapest of cheap OEM machines ship with it as standard. case in point being an advent laptop i got for xmas had it pre-installed. it has a crappy single core celeron but even that is capable of running 64bit windows.
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As marc said, 64 bit. Any issues you may have heard are nonsense these days. The only 64 bit OS you may have trouble with is Windows XP. Both 64 bit Vista and 7 work absolutely fine.
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64 bit all the way
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this same old question
no problems with win 7 64bit
32bit should have died years ago
no problems with win 7 64bit
32bit should have died years ago
Use to use XP64 Pro many years ago, had it better driver support it might have fared better.
Using Win 7 64bit since it first appeared, driver support is superb, have a hp printer about 8 years old works flawlessly with W7 64, whereas with Vista I couldn't get it to work.
Using Win 7 64bit since it first appeared, driver support is superb, have a hp printer about 8 years old works flawlessly with W7 64, whereas with Vista I couldn't get it to work.
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64bit.
No reason not to use it if all you do is game, you should not run into any problems.
No reason not to use it if all you do is game, you should not run into any problems.
Indeed, although for home use it is fine.
Where I work, if a system has 4GB of ram its normally 32 bit we install, 8gb+ then 64 bit, with the exception of a few computers because CTIOS (cisco stuff) apparently doesn't work on 64bit.
For home use though your struggle to find something what won't work on 64bit I imagine.