People are beginning to use 64-bit Windows Vista on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have previously, Microsoft said this week.
A recent shopping expedition with a friend reveals that if you are in the market for a quad-core PC, you'll be hard pressed to find a 32-bit version. They are all 64-bit right now, and typically with 6GB of ram or more.
The quad core hardware seems to be driving this trend towards 64-bit Vista as much as anything else.
I found that there were ZERO problems using a 64-bit Vista PC and that some apps are really quite smart about it. I tried to install a previously downloaded version of iTunes from my thumb drive and it suggested I download the 64-bit version instead of proceeding.
Drivers were not an issue, just plugging in devices and they were automatically recognized and installed, no need to 'track down' 64-bit anything.
I disagree with Mike Cherry that its not time just yet for the mainstream to adopt 64-vista. It seems to be just fine to me, my friend is not an expert by any means and he is enjoying the new PC. His biggest problem is learning Office 2007.
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A recent shopping expedition
A recent shopping expedition with a friend reveals that if you are in the market for a quad-core PC, you'll be hard pressed to find a 32-bit version. They are all 64-bit right now, and typically with 6GB of ram or more.The quad core hardware seems to be driving this trend towards 64-bit Vista as much as anything else.
I found that there were ZERO problems using a 64-bit Vista PC and that some apps are really quite smart about it. I tried to install a previously downloaded version of iTunes from my thumb drive and it suggested I download the 64-bit version instead of proceeding.
Drivers were not an issue, just plugging in devices and they were automatically recognized and installed, no need to 'track down' 64-bit anything.
I disagree with Mike Cherry that its not time just yet for the mainstream to adopt 64-vista. It seems to be just fine to me, my friend is not an expert by any means and he is enjoying the new PC. His biggest problem is learning Office 2007.
replica bags
Women like jewelry replica bags as men like cars ,yet ,they are more crazy .They also like cloths ,but don't as much as replica handbags .Jewelry give more confident to them ,that why jewelry industries are so lucrative .