Vista Home Premium (32-bit) on a 64-bit CPU?

i'm getting the HP DV6000 which comes Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) and has C2D T5600. the C2D T5600 is a 64-bit processor, so i will not be getting the features of a 64-bit OS, if i get the Vista Home Premium (32-bit) edition rite? will i be able to fix this by upgrading in the future? please advise. or else i would just get a Core Duo given that they are cheaper and are not that bad consideing overall performance and battery life.

thanks

 

The 32 bit version will run 100% fine on your Core 2 Duo, trust me, there will be no problems whatsoever.

 

For software compatibility, 32-bit vista is better than 64-bit. If you have some old software, it will probably run in 32-vista, but probably not in 64-vista. Plus, no one really confirm 64 Vista really perform faster than 32 Vista.

 

thanks for the replies. i was asking if it then makes sense to buy a C2D processor? i reckon the CD will be good enuf to handle 32 bit operarions? or shud i get the C2D for future proofing?

 

I would say to go with the C2D, its not only the fact that it can do 64-bit, most models will also give you twice the L2 cache, 4 mb to be exact over the CD and are also a bit faster under the same clock speed, I do hear they have slightly worse battery life though?

 

I installed the ultimate 32bit version on an AMD Athlon 64 and it worked as a Charm.

 

Go for Core 2 Duo. And don't worry, 32bit Vista can work on it as Core 2 Duo supports both x86 (32bit) and x64 (64bit) OSes

 

At the moment i think 32 bit can do everything that a 64 bit can + supports older programs like rockharder said. You should be more worried about whether you want to install xp instead or vista. I went back to xp today and you really notice the speed difference.

 

I felt this "Yahoo Answer" was relevant to this question.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiV3XYKBYMCOuTftb3oMPCXty6IX?qid=20070311005350AA88dN5

 

thanks for the replies everybody. now one last question. is the 'virtualization technology' in T5600 very important? or else i would be able to get a 2GB RAM with the T5300. so the question is:
T5300 with 2GB RAM (533MHz) or T5600 with 1GB(667MHZ)?

 

one more thing, in the Yahoo Answers page, it says if i ever want to upgrade to a 64 bit Vista. is this possible? will i be able to upgrade to a 64-bit Vista Home Premium in the future?
thanks in advance

 

When it comes to 32bit vista vs. 64bit vista which is better? When you say that 32bit will run older programs does that mean that the programs i am running on xp wont run on 64 bit vista? And will the 32 bit vista soon be outdated? And if the 32bit wont be outdated is there a need for a 64 bit vista?

 

Sure. You will have to purchase a 64 bit version of Vista and do a clean install on your system(you cant do a in place upgrade from your current 32 bit Vista).

Depends on the availabiltiy of drivers and the sort of programs you want touse. The main drawback with going 64 bit right now is the availabiltiy of drivers for some hardware especially if you use older or not so common devices. If you just use your system for surfing the web and typing up documents & use hardware which has 64 bit drivers then there shouldnt be any harm in getting 64 bit version. Do note that performance benefits for these sort of general use will be next to nothing over 32 bit. You can use 32bit programs on the 64 bit OS since Vista and even XP Pro 64 bit have windows on windows emulation which will allow you to run 32 bit programs. i am not sure of older 16 bit programs.What wont work is if you try to install 32bit drivers on a 64 bit operating system. 32 bit wont be outdated for the next few years considering most people are still running Xp and most systems which ship with Vista still ship with the 32 bit versions.

 

Very rarely will you ever think about that. VT allows you to run multiple OSes at the same time without a problem. When I was using Vista, I frequently ran XP as well so some of my older software would still work.

Personally, I would get the best processor you can afford. Ram can be upgraded later, but the CPU cannot (at least not easily!). And you never know, you might want a little extra power or another OS running sometime in the future.

 

i would pick the second one then just upgrade it

 

oh well i have to save up even more! T5600 it is! it better be really good! i hate future proofing!!!