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    p 6860 drivers question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by jehovany8888, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. jehovany8888

    jehovany8888 Notebook Guru

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    if i put windows vista 32 in a p6860 i can use the same drivers of the p6831?
     
    jehovany8888, Jun 23, 2008
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    Yep because apart from the CPU and HD they are the same.
     
    iaTa, Jun 23, 2008
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    thanks and you recomend me vista 64 or 32? which is fastest?
     
    jehovany8888, Jun 23, 2008
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    At this point in time it probably wont make much of a difference. Once software catches up with the hardware and is written to take advantage of the 64 bit code then Vista 64 will be a lot faster. Also the 64 bit version does support and will use 4 Gigs of Ram and more whereas Vista 32 can only access about 3.3 gigs of ram even if it recognizes it with Sp1 it can not use it. I would go Vista 64 if you have the option unless you have some really old programs that wont run in Vista 64 but then chances are they probably wont run in Vista 32 either.
     
    Tom1222, Jun 23, 2008
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