x32 and x64

scoobie_wrc · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:03

im running vista x32 on my vaio, can i run a x64 version (thinking of getting windows7), or did my vaio come with x32 as thats all it could handle?

Emphacy · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:07

It's dependant on the hardware, the CPU needs to support the 64bit instruction set. There's a lot of VAIO's around so you'd have to check the specs online to see if they support X64 Windows.

scoobie_wrc · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:08

just stick a fresh copy of vista x32 on then lol

Meatball · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:11

What spec is your laptop? how old is it?

scoobie_wrc · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:15

maybe 2-3 year old, its a vgn-nr21z

intel duo core T8100 @2.1

3GB DDR2 SDRAM

scoobie_wrc · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:16

this looks like it

http://ark.intel.com/products/33916/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-T8100-(3M-Cache-2_10-GHz-800-MHz-FSB)

andrewdodd13 · 17 Sep 2011 at 16:23

That processor has Intel 64, so you could install x64 Windows if you want.

On an unimportant note, it's not x32, it's x86. In the 90's all Intel processors were a number then 86, 386, 486, 586, 686. Then AMD brought out Athlon 64 and it was x86_64 which is contracted to x64.