Windows 7

[the_lone_wolf]

On a slightly related note, anyone catch the latest cringeworthy MS ad on TV last night? The one with the girl in the taxi?

At least she could string a sentence together, I mean "I'm a PC and I'm eight years old" - WTF were they thinking

[TEC]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

.... and 8GB RAM to play with...

So assume you've installed it on a 64bit system

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by TEC

So assume you've installed it on a 64bit system

I had 64bit Vista, was building a new computer and it's the future

Not had a single problem with drivers or software either, which was a surprise

[TEC]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Not had a single problem with drivers or software either, which was a surprise

Reason I asked about 64bit was I know a few people who have moaned cause they've paid extra for the extra memory but the OS has only seen 3.2G but we know about that don't we

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

On a slightly related note, anyone catch the latest cringeworthy MS ad on TV last night?

Luckily not seen last night, sadly seen just now, what a load of c@rp

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by TEC

Reason I asked about 64bit was I know a few people who have moaned cause they've paid extra for the extra memory but the OS has only seen 3.2G but we know about that don't we

Ah yes, that old chestnut

[the_lone_wolf]

Oh dear god, I just saw the second ad with the guy in the gym

Could MS really screw up the launch that's been steaming forward without as hitch for the last year

64 bit os for the win now. No reason to still be on 32 bit. Vista 64 flies, i'm gonna get 7 ultimate soon with a pair of raided SSd's. I personally never had any problems with vista ultimate so i'm looking forward to win 7 even more.

What's the differance between 32 and 64 bit, yes i know it's twice as much. but what twice as fast twice the memory, or twice the price? or all of them.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

What's the differance between 32 and 64 bit, yes i know it's twice as much. but what twice as fast twice the memory, or twice the price? or all of them.

64 bit isn't twice as fast/big etc, that'd be too easy

64 bit refers to the amount of memory a processor can address, 32 bit processors can address 2^32 bits = 4GB

As hardware advanced 4GB became the norm for higher end systems and a newer standard was required, hence 64 bit, which can address up to 2^64 bits, or just over 17,000,000,000GB - meaning we've got plenty of headroom for the foreseeable future

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

What's the differance between 32 and 64 bit, yes i know it's twice as much. but what twice as fast twice the memory, or twice the price? or all of them.

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

64 bit isn't twice as fast/big etc, that'd be too easy

64 bit refers to the amount of memory a processor can address, 32 bit processors can address 2^32 bits = 4GB

As hardware advanced 4GB became the norm for higher end systems and a newer standard was required, hence 64 bit, which can address up to 2^64 bits, or just over 17,000,000,000GB - meaning we've got plenty of headroom for the foreseeable future

Well I'm none the wiser