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    64bit os questions

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Daners, Jan 27, 2005.

  1. Daners

    Daners Newbie

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    Does anyone out there have any experiene with some of the 64 bit os's? I know that there are a few linux distros that support 64 bit applications (mandrake, redhat and suse i think) and that microsoft has a trial version of xp64 out. Does anyone have any experience with any of these because I just bought an asus z81k (a4) with an amd 64 processor and have had a lot of problems running win2k sp4, in fact it doesn't even work now (only a week old and I can't use it...and yep, I have tried EVERYTHING)

    Any help, information or anything like that would be great.
     
    Daners, Jan 27, 2005
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  2. pcharouz

    pcharouz Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried them, they are some faster but you cant instal any software or drivers so I went back to xp pro.
     
    pcharouz, Jun 28, 2005
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    mtrivs, Jul 2, 2005
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  4. APC2NV

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    wow, 5.8 thats pretty lousy...the window media edition OS did lousy too, They're still too new, and all the bugs have to be worked out over time. Dont get the 64 bit thing yet. Just wait till they tweak em, and by the time they get it right, they will finally be alot of hardware to support the new architcure.
     
    APC2NV, Jul 2, 2005
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    The main reason that most shouldnt upgrade, is the fact that there are only a handfull of applications that actually are capable of using the 64bit architechture. I read somewhere that 32-bit applications atctually run slower in X64 windows. I would wait until they have more drivers and applications that are ready for 64 bit windows.
     
    mtrivs, Jul 2, 2005
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    acually you are wrong. With windows WoW emulator, most 32bit apps almost double in speed and load times. I ran Halflife 2 in XP x64 and the load times were phenominal and there was little to no lagging in video with the settings all the way up!, where as there is in XP Pro (32 bit)
     
    Apocolipse269, Jul 6, 2005
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  7. drumfu

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    there's a reason that tech savvy corporations never upgrade technology until around the 3rd iteration of any any soft/hardware

    early adopters get bragging rights, but they also get all the headaches
     
    drumfu, Jul 6, 2005
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