Vista 64bit Vs Vista 32 bit

I just bought a ASUS F3SV X4

Which has the Merom T7500 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20)

Which I read is a 64 bit processor.

I see in order to get a 64 bit operating system you must buy the entire operating system new. I do not think that this Laptop comes with the 64 version of Vista, So I am a little troubled at the $300 price tag on a new copy of Vista.

So my question is this, is a 64 bit operating system really worth it?

I intend on upgrading the ram in this Laptop to 4 gigs eventually(It will be upgraded to 2 gigs immediately)

Link to Laptop

 

It is worth it. You can buy a copy of the Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade DVD for 5$ and use your own serial (which will come with the laptop) to install the operating system.

 

No you can't. That's only if you have a retail copy of Vista. The preinstalled OEM copy doesn't have 64-bit upgrade rights.

It's not worth it if you have to purchase Vista. 32-bit is fast enough anyways.

 

He is correct. Microsoft Reports:

Source


This does not bode well for me. How dreadful. I was really looking forward to it. But honestly the laptop I purchased isn't worth buying a whole additional operating system for, it's only a ASUS F3SV-X4. Which by this time next year will be a low-range power laptop.

I suppose I will have to deal with a maximum of 2 gigs of ram. Ah well...

 

get your 4 gigs of ram with your OS, then you can buy an OEM copy of vista.

microsoft will sell OEM to consumers but they need to buy a 'new' pc component a.k.a your ram.

it is not THAT bad here is a canadian place to buy it.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX16055(ME).aspx
119$
and your ram
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX19566(ME).aspx
44$ each


total in canadian for your upgrade.
119
88
___
~207, the price in the US will be cheaper, always is.

 

As an interesting point. I just learned my school offers a -free- copy of Vista Business, Perhaps I can gather a 64 bit upgrade from that.

Also:

Yuio,

Thank you for your response, I did not know Vista could be found for so cheap. The few sources I checked reported 300+ for the operating system, I suppose I was misinformed. How ever, at the end of the day I'm a college kid with an extremely limited budget.

This laptop is the last major purchase I can make, How ever, I thank you for your input.


Finally:

Did you say Vista 32 bit is capable of supporting 4 gigs of ram? The laptop I currently own does not read anything over 2 gigs (which was supprizing considering when I had XP on it, it read 2.5 gigs even though the laptop itself didn't[Isn't supposed to] support anything more than 2, Haha) even after tweaking the system memory options in the msconfig (In fact, When Tweaked, the settings always return to normal, Perhaps I should "run as Administrator" I hadn't thought of that until just now)

 

or in the US '
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211187
36$ each ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116204
111$ for vista...

183$ for the whole thing.

Edit: glad to help.

 

Your school will likely give you 32bit AND 64bit vista business.

 

The serial will work. Who the hell are we not to take advantage of that if Microsoft lets us to?

 

I certainly hope so. Either way.

Thank you all for your responses. I do so love this forum.

I am posting this from my new F3SV X4

Bloatware removed, it's a pretty speedy machine. Needs more RAM though.

I expect to give a full review in one month.

 

It's not officially supported, but I think it will work. (You won't be able to do an in-place upgrade though... you'd have to wipe and reinstall.) Search the forums though... there have been some discussions on this.

No, Microsoft dropped that requirement a while back. You can now buy OEM Windows without buying any hardware with it.