New latop Vista 64 or XP

I just ordered a new laptop yesterday with Vista 64bit.

I want to stream music to my stereo run oiffice either with my curent link-sys wireless music bridge or airport express, cerf the weband play Adobe CS 2


I've been researching and it seems most 32 bit programs will run if you use 32bit compatibility mode


Looking for input/advice from anyone who is running Vista on the above.

Thanks in advance

 

Windows Vista x86-64.


/close thread.

 

If your system is 64 bit from the ground up, you have nothing to worry about - that capability is already built into the system, as Silas implies, via x86. All 32 bit programs get installed into that directory and run accordingly. As far as Adobe programs go, if you decide to upgrade to CS4, all of Adobe's programs are now fully 64 bit certified - some programs even ship with a 64 bit and 32 bit copy. I upgraded my CS3 Master Collection to the CS4 when it came out, and wound up with 2 copies of Photoshop and Lightroom, 2 of them 64 bit.

If you want to find out more about 64 bit stuff, go to Start64.com.

 

I tried Vista 64x! nothing spectatular more than 32 bit! went straight back to Win XP 32 bit FTW

 

What did you expect from Windows Vista 64-bit, fireworks and dance re: spectacular?

 

it should all work fine. no need to step back 8 years. and there is no need to "use the 32bit compatibility mode" it will do that all automatically

only issue i had where 64bit soundcard drivers for some dj-hardware i had, but even those have 64bit drivers since january.

if you will hit some problems (like an older scanner not having 64bit driver but you want to use it) you may reinstall with 32bit vista and try that out. but with a big chance, you can just stay with it and be happy.

 

Thanks all for the input. I'll stay with Vista 64.


Sorry for all the typos in my OP! I can't believe I posted that

 

Easy, it was readable and all.

Good luck with your new System. If there are problems, we're there for your questions.

 

On a 4gb laptop, you're leaving a good chunk of memory unavailable if you still run that old 32-bit stuff.

May as well bite the bullet and go with 64-bit now. There's really no excuse, if, indeed, you have the hardware/software to run on it.

 

there's one excuse: normally you lose around 400 - 800mb. 64bit apps are bigger on disk and in memory. if you have 4gb ram and run 64bit, it will have about as much real space as 3.5gb with 32bit apps, as the memory footprint of 32bit apps is a bit smaller.

so it essentially doesn't really matter. you have around 12% more memory to access in 64bit windows, but your apps are around 12% bigger on average.

it depends on your hw and software needs. if i'd use photoshop, i'd switch to 64bit. my apps have not much gain from it.

edit: and no, it's not exactly that easy. having a 64bit memory space has other gains for non-64bit apps. but still...