Help deciding what OS to use

Hello

I am purchasing a new Intel Core 2 Duo machine 2.4ghz machine.

What operating system should I install on it (except Vista):

Windows XP 32 or 64?

Since as I read the Core2Duo is 64bit machine, isn't it better to have the
OS run in 64 bit?

However, all my applications are 32 bit...so again what I gain from win64 I
lose for the 32bits applications.

Please advise!

--
Elias

pvdg42
Fri May 25 08:36:55 CDT 2007


"lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I am purchasing a new Intel Core 2 Duo machine 2.4ghz machine.
>
> What operating system should I install on it (except Vista):
>
> Windows XP 32 or 64?
>
> Since as I read the Core2Duo is 64bit machine, isn't it better to have the
> OS run in 64 bit?
>
> However, all my applications are 32 bit...so again what I gain from win64
> I lose for the 32bits applications.
>
> Please advise!
>
> --
> Elias
>
Charlie Russel wrote an excellent white paper for XP x64 which also
applies to Vista x64, it's available at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/8/6/B868C664-13FC-4F91-9651-5B6D4F1A2F60/Is_Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition_Right_for_Me.doc.

lallous
Fri May 25 10:31:39 CDT 2007

Hello,

Thanks for pointing that document out, it is informative indeed.

Now since most of my apps are 32bit apps so are my drivers, and even the
machine is 64bit, per that document, I would not gain much in my scenario.

I'll stick to 32bit XP for the time being, and use Vista 64 on another
partition.

--
Elias
"pvdg42" <pvdg42@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> "lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
> news:O8bGvSsnHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hello
>>
>> I am purchasing a new Intel Core 2 Duo machine 2.4ghz machine.
>>
>> What operating system should I install on it (except Vista):
>>
>> Windows XP 32 or 64?
>>
>> Since as I read the Core2Duo is 64bit machine, isn't it better to have
>> the OS run in 64 bit?
>>
>> However, all my applications are 32 bit...so again what I gain from win64
>> I lose for the 32bits applications.
>>
>> Please advise!
>>
>> --
>> Elias
>>
> Charlie Russel wrote an excellent white paper for XP x64 which also
> applies to Vista x64, it's available at
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/8/6/B868C664-13FC-4F91-9651-5B6D4F1A2F60/Is_Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition_Right_for_Me.doc.
>
>

Colin
Fri May 25 14:51:06 CDT 2007

The fact that your apps are 32bit does not mean that they don't run on x64.

Please be aware that installing XP and Vista in a dual boot configuration
will mean the loss of Vista files that are important for recovery whenever
you boot into XP. This includes Vista's shadow copies, restore points, and
backups.

"lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
news:eOYp4IunHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for pointing that document out, it is informative indeed.
>
> Now since most of my apps are 32bit apps so are my drivers, and even the
> machine is 64bit, per that document, I would not gain much in my scenario.
>
> I'll stick to 32bit XP for the time being, and use Vista 64 on another
> partition.
>
> --
> Elias
> "pvdg42" <pvdg42@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uCTvOHtnHHA.4188@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
>> news:O8bGvSsnHHA.4220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I am purchasing a new Intel Core 2 Duo machine 2.4ghz machine.
>>>
>>> What operating system should I install on it (except Vista):
>>>
>>> Windows XP 32 or 64?
>>>
>>> Since as I read the Core2Duo is 64bit machine, isn't it better to have
>>> the OS run in 64 bit?
>>>
>>> However, all my applications are 32 bit...so again what I gain from
>>> win64 I lose for the 32bits applications.
>>>
>>> Please advise!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Elias
>>>
>> Charlie Russel wrote an excellent white paper for XP x64 which also
>> applies to Vista x64, it's available at
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/8/6/B868C664-13FC-4F91-9651-5B6D4F1A2F60/Is_Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition_Right_for_Me.doc.
>>
>>
>
>

lallous
Sat May 26 14:56:00 CDT 2007

Hello Colin,

On May 25, 10:51 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarha...@msn.com> wrote:
> The fact that your apps are 32bit does not mean that they don't run on x64.
>

They will run, but I was concerned about the speed loss due to a
certain emulation layer between 32 and 64.

> Please be aware that installing XP and Vista in a dual boot configuration
> will mean the loss of Vista files that are important for recovery whenever
> you boot into XP. This includes Vista's shadow copies, restore points, and
> backups.
>

I don't understand what you mean, can you elaborate more on what you
said?

I never installed Vista before, but would installing XP and Vista on
different partitions cause problems?


--
Elias

Colin
Sat May 26 16:12:42 CDT 2007

32bit software runs natively on 64bit processors. It is not like you have
to run 32bits in an emulated computer or something. Only certain things
like OS calls and such have to be translated for 64bits. The WOW64
("Windows on Windows 64bit) layer that does this is less than 1MB. The
gains in the greater headroom in a 64bit cpu often mean that some 32bit
software runs slightly faster on a 64bit OS.

"lallous" <lallous@lgwm.org> wrote in message
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> Hello Colin,
>
> On May 25, 10:51 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarha...@msn.com> wrote:
>> The fact that your apps are 32bit does not mean that they don't run on
>> x64.
>>
>
> They will run, but I was concerned about the speed loss due to a
> certain emulation layer between 32 and 64.
>
>> Please be aware that installing XP and Vista in a dual boot configuration
>> will mean the loss of Vista files that are important for recovery
>> whenever
>> you boot into XP. This includes Vista's shadow copies, restore points,
>> and
>> backups.
>>
>
> I don't understand what you mean, can you elaborate more on what you
> said?
>
> I never installed Vista before, but would installing XP and Vista on
> different partitions cause problems?
>
>
> --
> Elias
>

Terrence
Sun May 27 20:24:19 CDT 2007

lallous wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for pointing that document out, it is informative indeed.
>
> Now since most of my apps are 32bit apps so are my drivers, and even the
> machine is 64bit, per that document, I would not gain much in my scenario.
>
> I'll stick to 32bit XP for the time being, and use Vista 64 on another
> partition.

I did the same thing. Even though many applications run OK on 64 bit OS,
many drivers do not. I find XP 32 to be the most reliable OS ever. Why
dump it?