Like John said, no problems, except for memory limitations. I have similar setup at home, but with the 32bit Vista Media Center release on my Quad core. Until all their home apps have 64bit versions, there's not a big advantage.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:39 AM, David Mazzaccaro < [email protected]> wrote: > I have an employee who is purchasing a new home computer at a local > computer shop. > He came to me and asked what I thought of this new system. > He tells me that it has 6GB of RAM. > Now, I stop him right there and ask him what operating system he is > getting. > He says Windows XP Professional (32 bit). I had him confirm with the store > that he was getting the 32bit version. > My questions are: > Are there any ramifications with running XP 32bit on this 64bit hardware? > Will he see any performance downgrade? Would he be better off with only > 3GB of RAM? > Will the OS or the RAM confuse each other? > Since I'm not very familiar with 64bit software (or hardware) I am just > looking for some insight. > > Thanks > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
