Thanks (as always) to all! ________________________________
From: Eric Woodford [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Running 32bit OS on 64bit hardware 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/> ~
