64bit worth it?

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   hi, my 32bit windows 7RC expires in 6 days, so i'm wondering if i should bother trying out a 64bit OS again?

last time i tried a few of my progs didn't like it, but i dont remember if i attempted to run in admin host thing mode before..

anyway, it's for a lenovo t61 laptop, with max of 4gb ram, i've never found 32bit to be too slow or anything, and i have alot of odd software, which may not run well on 64bit, so how have you found it and is it worth it?

cheers

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minaximal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 26 September 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1780	Post Options Post Reply Quote minaximal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 64bit worth it? Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:11pm
	hi, my 32bit windows 7RC expires in 6 days, so i'm wondering if i should bother trying out a 64bit OS again? last time i tried a few of my progs didn't like it, but i dont remember if i attempted to run in admin host thing mode before.. anyway, it's for a lenovo t61 laptop, with max of 4gb ram, i've never found 32bit to be too slow or anything, and i have alot of odd software, which may not run well on 64bit, so how have you found it and is it worth it? cheers
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toastyghost Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List The 10,000 Points Club Joined: 09 January 2007 Location: Manchester Status: Offline Points: 10883	Post Options Post Reply Quote toastyghost Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:32pm
	Unless you have apps that you absolutely know benefit massively from working in x64 (CAD apps perhaps) then there's basically no point unless you have more than 4GB RAM.

minaximal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 26 September 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1780	Post Options Post Reply Quote minaximal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 February 2010 at 7:21pm
	cool, cheers, that's settled it then, thought something like that would be the case. i'll stick with using an x86 thanks toasty
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SoundAT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 29 May 2009 Location: Manchestr/Derby Status: Offline Points: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote SoundAT Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 February 2010 at 5:07pm
	x86 apps do run faster in x64 Environment... x86 apps can only access 3.5GB Ram if you have 4GB it might be beneficial to get x64 as toasty said the real benefits are only massively noticeable if you are running x64 code(and drivers).. If you can get x64 drivers for all of your hardware then i would go for x64, if you stay x86 then you will limit yourself in the future... x64 apps are coming out now. might be worth investing...

subbass Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 30 March 2009 Location: bristol Status: Offline Points: 1683	Post Options Post Reply Quote subbass Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 February 2010 at 6:16pm
	win7 64bit is backwards compatible with 32bit programs