upgrading from XP

Ashfield · 12 Nov 2008 at 13:42

Am I right in thinking that normal XP pro wont see 4gb of memory?

Basically looking to do a full upgrade soon (CPU, Mem etc) but really dont want to switch to Vista.

I do a lot of design so need a good CPU and a lot of RAM.

Would 64bit XP be ok or would I be likely to run into any problems? Would be using Adobe CS4 mainly so want to get the best out of it.

Many thanks

Breeny · 12 Nov 2008 at 13:45

Will be fine with XP 64bit

Ashfield · 12 Nov 2008 at 13:50

Great! I remember reading a long time back that it was patchy with software, guessing that its ok now then and would be fine with 8gb memory?

Burnsy2023 · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:34

Breeny said:
Will be fine with XP 64bit

If you have to get another licence, don't bother buying an XP64 one. Go Vista 64.

rjk · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:38

+1 with vista 64

Ashfield · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:54

used Vista a bit but completely hated it though

NVIDIA_x64 · 12 Nov 2008 at 14:56

XP 64bit = Win best OS ever made by Microsoft

bledd · 12 Nov 2008 at 15:28

Ashfield said:
used Vista a bit but completely hated it though

why?

Ashfield · 12 Nov 2008 at 16:16

didnt like the additions, the mithering (i know you can turn bits off) the fact it felt a lot slower and the things they changed around. my intention is to wait for windows 7 but need to upgrade my pc.

Burnsy2023 · 12 Nov 2008 at 16:25

If you're having that amount of RAM, Vista should feel a lot quicker than XP, especially when it uses superfetch.

bledd · 12 Nov 2008 at 16:29

Ashfield said:
didnt like the additions, the mithering (i know you can turn bits off) the fact it felt a lot slower and the things they changed around. my intention is to wait for windows 7 but need to upgrade my pc.

on the surface, 7 is the same as vista

98 to xp was a big jump, xp to vista wasn't so much

vista is like a tidier version of xp (from a user's perspective)

Final8y · 12 Nov 2008 at 16:37

Ashfield said:
used Vista a bit but completely hated it though

In that case why ask as there is only Xp 64 & vista to choose from realistically & with vista not to your liking

Ashfield · 12 Nov 2008 at 17:02

why ask what? I asked what XP 64bit was like. Its a completely valid question...

Does it still have incompatibility problems with apps/drivers? Does anyone know of any sites I could look at to look into this further?