What is the diff between vista 32 bit and 64 bit?

I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit and an acquaintance of mine has 64-bit Ultimate. All I know so far is that he has had a tonne of problems with compatibility issues and upgrading.

All I see is a big pain in the butt, what gives, whats so great about the 64-bit version and what are its purported benefits?

I installed it last weekend and I also came across some problems but I guess it depends on the applications you use. I would prefer my PC to see 3.5GB of ram than having to deal with compatibility problems. Anything over 2GB isn't much of a benefit at the moment either.

When games, web browsers and applications switch to 64bit then I will try it again.

I also found the 32bit version to be faster so I got rid of the 64bit install.

a 32 bit OS is capable of working with 32 bit hardware and processes instructions in 32 bit chunks each clock cycle...

a 64 bit OS is capable of working with 64 bit hardware and processes instructions in 64 bit chunks each clock cycle when working with 64 bit capable software... not all software is programmed in 64 bit code, in fact most consumer level windows software is still only 32 bit code... some pro applications however will be 64 bit (high end graphics, CAD, etc)...

you can run 32 bit code on a 64 bit OS and hardware, but often times it is actually slower and more problem prone... maybe that what your friend is experiencing...

I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit and an acquaintance of mine has 64-bit Ultimate. All I know so far is that he has had a tonne of problems with compatibility issues and upgrading.

All I see is a big pain in the butt, what gives, whats so great about the 64-bit version and what are its purported benefits?

Telekenesis123

He shouldn't have anyproblems unless he isn't computer Savy. Vista 64bit runs great and can run ANYTHING i want it to.

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I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit and an acquaintance of mine has 64-bit Ultimate. All I know so far is that he has had a tonne of problems with compatibility issues and upgrading.

All I see is a big pain in the butt, what gives, whats so great about the 64-bit version and what are its purported benefits?

superkoolstud

He shouldn't have anyproblems unless he isn't computer Savy. Vista 64bit runs great and can run ANYTHING i want it to.

There are a number of programs that are not 100% compatible with Vista 64bit. Luckily you don't have any. It has nothing to do with being computer savvy.

MyHD tuner does not have any 64bit drivers.