OS 64 bit or 32bit?

phytal · 17 May 2009 at 14:07

HEy guys which os is better to have 64 bit or 32 bit. I currently have 32 bit one. Does the 64 bit cause any problems..Did anyone try out the new windows7 64 bit. Cause I don't want to spend money on the 64 bit os for my new rig (i7). Thought i would download the RC version 64 bit cause I plan to buy 6GB ram

Plec · 17 May 2009 at 14:10

I use windows 7 64 bit with very few issues.

This thread should give you all the info you'll ever likely to need.

Swiftlegend · 17 May 2009 at 14:11

definately 64 bit

Mr-White · 17 May 2009 at 14:15

you'll need a 64-bit o/s or an i7 system is pointless. If you don't want to pay then get the W7 RC1 release

MW

phytal · 17 May 2009 at 14:16

thanks guys going to download it

RJC · 17 May 2009 at 14:25

Yep get / download 64bit

edGfaCTor · 17 May 2009 at 14:44

Like Mr-White said you def need to go 64 for your new system otherwise it's pointless.

Just download the beta for W7 64 it's free and gives you another year to save up to buy an OS later on unless you go down the Linux route which is always free.

Popov · 17 May 2009 at 15:34

edGfaCTor said:
Like Mr-White said you def need to go 64 for your new system otherwise it's pointless.

Just download the beta for W7 64 it's free and gives you another year to save up to buy an OS later on unless you go down the Linux route which is always free.

A year? I thought it was only going to work fully until August and then shutdown your PC every two hours after that.

Edit ignore the above, just checked and it wont start doing the 2 hour shutdown until March 1st 2010 so final version should be out way before that

Wmega · 17 May 2009 at 15:34

No point having 32-bit os especially if you have more than 3gb ram. I have vista 64 without any issues. (I would stay away from win7 64bit until its official release)

RobH · 17 May 2009 at 20:31

Been using a 64-bit OS for over a year now without any problems, unless you have some really obscure hardware you'll probably be fine.

redrobnco · 17 May 2009 at 20:34

Just installed win 7 64bit RC this week. Had some trouble getting wireless up and running(driver Problem and still not managed to get an old scanner working(win 2000 drivers with no updates available). really stable no problems at all I say go for it.

Tute · 17 May 2009 at 21:39

There's no point in having a 32-bit OS, even if you're running with less than 4GB.

Not getting a 64-bit aware OS is just wasting money, quite simply.

linktoinsanity · 18 May 2009 at 09:24

64 bit Win7 RC all the way. If you don't ever want to spend money on it though, tough quite simply. Wait until 7 is released properly and buy that, you have several months to save up.