[windows2000] Re: Announcing beta release of Windows Vista SP1!

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:09:42 +0200

Charles R. Buchanan <> wrote on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:58 PM:

All my hardware works except for my Palm Treo 650 usb-cradle. Solution is to
synch over bluetooth which works fine. Other than that I've not had any
problems with drivers on XP x64.

If you're concerned about drivers, Vista is not an option, ie neither 32 or
64b. 8->

Most linux distros I run, are run from a VMware server, and I've not had much
problems there, other than virtual artefacts.



> The new machine max is 8GB. The problem(s) I have heard about going with
> 64bit is the drivers more so than the application compatibility.
> 
> Having invested in 32bit OS'es (XP and Vista), it wouldn't be
> financially wise to drop them for a 64bit version. Maybe way down the
> road!
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:00:42 +0200, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> came up with this: 
> 
>> Charles R. Buchanan <> wrote on Monday, October 01, 2007 8:35 PM:
>> 
>> Difficult to say really. The max RAM my high-end machines have is 2GB RAM,
>> be it 32 or 64b OS:es. 
>> 
>> The thing to try would IMO be to go with a 32b Windows-flavour (depending
>> on your gaming habits) and a 64b Linux distro (CentOS!).
>> 
>> Or just go 64b all the way. I've tried some older games like Dungeon Siege
>> on my XP 64b system and haven't had any problems.
>> 
>> The advantage with going all-64b is that you won't have to unplug RAM
>> should problems arise. Really, it's difficult to go wrong with 64b OS,
>> unless you use some software that absolutely positively need a 32b OS.
> 
> Jesus Christ: "There is no surer proof of Christ's divinity than that he is
> still so hated some two thousand years after his death."
> 
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