64Bit vs 32bit Question

Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have to wait
until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it run as
good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.

Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64 bit
computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.

Thanks

NoNoBadDog!
Sun Sep 25 22:06:40 CDT 2005


"JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have to
> wait
> until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it run
> as
> good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
>
> Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64
> bit
> computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE will all run just fine on either and AMD or Intel 64
bit processor.

You will not have to "wait" for the OS to be recompiled.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition has been available for several months,
as an OEM purchase only (meaning you must buy it along with a qualifying
piece of hardware and all support for the OS is provided by the vendor you
buy it from).

You can check Newegg for it.


Bobby

zekolas
Sun Sep 25 23:36:19 CDT 2005

NoNoBadDog! wrote:
> "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64
>>bit
>>computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
>>
>>Thanks

I have been running windows XP 64 for a couple months now and I think it
runs just as good or better than the 32 bit version of XP. Most 32 bit
software will run on it, office, firefox, thunderbird, java, quicken,
adobe products ect. As far as games most newer games run on it. I have
played Civ3, black and white, Halo, doom3 all work fine. However some
older games like command an conquor I could not get to work.

Randy
Mon Sep 26 03:52:47 CDT 2005

I've installed both XP Pro and Server 2003 x32 versions on my 64-bit system
(Intel Xeon), and both run just as if it were a 32-bit system. I've also run
Linspire Live from a bootable CD on it absolutely fine. And Bart's PE
Builder and a few other bootable utilities also worked fine on it (virus
scanning, etc.). Why would you care? In case you format such a system with
the NTFS format and need to repair it when the OS won't boot. ;~) Might be
notable that neither Norton System Works Premium 2005, Fix-It Utils'
emergency disk, nor PowerWash Util Disk would boot... all likely due to
using a SATA boot disk than to 64-bit system.

"JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have to
wait
> until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it run
as
> good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
>
> Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64
bit
> computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

Andre
Mon Sep 26 09:24:49 CDT 2005

Most 32 bit applications run just fine on applications, but some of those
32-bit apps use 16-bit installers, so its tricky to assume that all of them
run on x64. The platform I would say is just as good or probably superior
than 32-bit Windows because of the vast amounts of memory it can take
advantage of.

To say if Windows x64 is right for you really depends on what you plan on
utilizing the power of the platform, by understanding its weaknesses and its
advantages.

Games:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzY1

x64 FAQs by Charlie Russel:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_x64faq.mspx
--
Andre
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"JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have to
> wait
> until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it run
> as
> good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
>
> Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64
> bit
> computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

JCO
Mon Sep 26 21:59:15 CDT 2005

Thanks for letting me know what will run.
I wonder if Everquest will run on the 64 bit okay? How can I find out.



"zekolas" <zerrspam@cableone.net> wrote in message
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> NoNoBadDog! wrote:
> > "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >>Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64
> >>bit
> >>computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
> >>
> >>Thanks
>
> I have been running windows XP 64 for a couple months now and I think it
> runs just as good or better than the 32 bit version of XP. Most 32 bit
> software will run on it, office, firefox, thunderbird, java, quicken,
> adobe products ect. As far as games most newer games run on it. I have
> played Civ3, black and white, Halo, doom3 all work fine. However some
> older games like command an conquor I could not get to work.

JCO
Mon Sep 26 22:05:47 CDT 2005

At this point, I was just planning on building a 64 bit machine but I'm
still planning on using the current Windows XP Pro, Norton Systemworks 2005,
MS OfficeXP, maybe a few Adware utilities. After that, it is intended to
be a gaming computer, for a friend. I suspect everything else will be games
such as Everquest and Doom.

I suspect he (we) will put a 64 bit OS on sometime later... when it becomes
readably available.


"Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uqiwQYqwFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Most 32 bit applications run just fine on applications, but some of those
> 32-bit apps use 16-bit installers, so its tricky to assume that all of
them
> run on x64. The platform I would say is just as good or probably superior
> than 32-bit Windows because of the vast amounts of memory it can take
> advantage of.
>
> To say if Windows x64 is right for you really depends on what you plan on
> utilizing the power of the platform, by understanding its weaknesses and
its
> advantages.
>
> Games:
> http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzY1
>
> x64 FAQs by Charlie Russel:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_x64faq.mspx
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have to
> > wait
> > until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it run
> > as
> > good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
> >
> > Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a 64
> > bit
> > computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>

Josh
Tue Sep 27 05:23:56 CDT 2005

zekolas wrote:

>However some older games like command an conquor I could not get to work.

If it is the DOS version of Command you can use DOSBox
(http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1) that should do the
trick.

Josh

-
Mon Oct 31 07:36:42 CST 2005

I got X64 and a mb at an AMD show recently - brought it home, set it up -
and having a lot of application problems.
My DVD and my Sony CDRW show as only CDROM's.
Adobe installed / works OK, but Norton - won't install - tells me to buy
the 64 bit version.
Since CD driver issues, Nero won't work.

Other issues too, but just wanted to note that it's not as graceful as one
would think from reading here.
I'm back on my Win2K box.

Bobb




"JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:%23dHQ7%23wwFHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> At this point, I was just planning on building a 64 bit machine but I'm
> still planning on using the current Windows XP Pro, Norton Systemworks
2005,
> MS OfficeXP, maybe a few Adware utilities. After that, it is intended to
> be a gaming computer, for a friend. I suspect everything else will be
games
> such as Everquest and Doom.
>
> I suspect he (we) will put a 64 bit OS on sometime later... when it
becomes
> readably available.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uqiwQYqwFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Most 32 bit applications run just fine on applications, but some of
those
> > 32-bit apps use 16-bit installers, so its tricky to assume that all of
> them
> > run on x64. The platform I would say is just as good or probably
superior
> > than 32-bit Windows because of the vast amounts of memory it can take
> > advantage of.
> >
> > To say if Windows x64 is right for you really depends on what you plan
on
> > utilizing the power of the platform, by understanding its weaknesses and
> its
> > advantages.
> >
> > Games:
> > http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzY1
> >
> > x64 FAQs by Charlie Russel:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_x64faq.mspx
> > --
> > Andre
> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> > FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> > "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have to
> > > wait
> > > until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it
run
> > > as
> > > good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
> > >
> > > Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a
64
> > > bit
> > > computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

John
Mon Oct 31 07:47:34 CST 2005

Even on x86 CDRW will report as CDROM, I have two, but they work as RW. As
to Norton, I have NEVER seen that posted positively, Nero works except for
the INCD for most, unless you have a really OLD version. I think most posts
are pretty fair about the system. Just a few enthusiasts seem to gloss over
problem areas. It is not a very good desktop system yet as there are still
lots of driver and software issues.


"- Bobb -" <nospam87@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:eJf5HAi3FHA.2364@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I got X64 and a mb at an AMD show recently - brought it home, set it up -
> and having a lot of application problems.
> My DVD and my Sony CDRW show as only CDROM's.
> Adobe installed / works OK, but Norton - won't install - tells me to buy
> the 64 bit version.
> Since CD driver issues, Nero won't work.
>
> Other issues too, but just wanted to note that it's not as graceful as one
> would think from reading here.
> I'm back on my Win2K box.
>
> Bobb
>
>
>
>
> "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%23dHQ7%23wwFHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> At this point, I was just planning on building a 64 bit machine but I'm
>> still planning on using the current Windows XP Pro, Norton Systemworks
> 2005,
>> MS OfficeXP, maybe a few Adware utilities. After that, it is intended
>> to
>> be a gaming computer, for a friend. I suspect everything else will be
> games
>> such as Everquest and Doom.
>>
>> I suspect he (we) will put a 64 bit OS on sometime later... when it
> becomes
>> readably available.
>>
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uqiwQYqwFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > Most 32 bit applications run just fine on applications, but some of
> those
>> > 32-bit apps use 16-bit installers, so its tricky to assume that all of
>> them
>> > run on x64. The platform I would say is just as good or probably
> superior
>> > than 32-bit Windows because of the vast amounts of memory it can take
>> > advantage of.
>> >
>> > To say if Windows x64 is right for you really depends on what you plan
> on
>> > utilizing the power of the platform, by understanding its weaknesses
>> > and
>> its
>> > advantages.
>> >
>> > Games:
>> > http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzY1
>> >
>> > x64 FAQs by Charlie Russel:
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_x64faq.mspx
>> > --
>> > Andre
>> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> > FAQ for MS AntiSpy
>> > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>> > "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > > Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have
>> > > to
>> > > wait
>> > > until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will it
> run
>> > > as
>> > > good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
>> > >
>> > > Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on a
> 64
>> > > bit
>> > > computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

-
Mon Oct 31 12:06:18 CST 2005


"John Barnes" <jbfoofy@email.net> wrote in message
news:%23D6ioGi3FHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Even on x86 CDRW will report as CDROM, I have two, but they work as RW.
As
> to Norton, I have NEVER seen that posted positively, Nero works except for
> the INCD for most, unless you have a really OLD version. I think most
posts
> are pretty fair about the system. Just a few enthusiasts seem to gloss
over
> problem areas. It is not a very good desktop system yet as there are
still
> lots of driver and software issues.
>

Agreed - and I just got an email from AMD/MS. They have the server packages
back in stock. I have enough issues with the desktop version so will pass on
the server - seems like it's gonna be a while ( if ever) getting heritage
devices/ apps to work.




>
> "- Bobb -" <nospam87@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:eJf5HAi3FHA.2364@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >I got X64 and a mb at an AMD show recently - brought it home, set it up -
> > and having a lot of application problems.
> > My DVD and my Sony CDRW show as only CDROM's.
> > Adobe installed / works OK, but Norton - won't install - tells me to
buy
> > the 64 bit version.
> > Since CD driver issues, Nero won't work.
> >
> > Other issues too, but just wanted to note that it's not as graceful as
one
> > would think from reading here.
> > I'm back on my Win2K box.
> >
> > Bobb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23dHQ7%23wwFHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> At this point, I was just planning on building a 64 bit machine but I'm
> >> still planning on using the current Windows XP Pro, Norton Systemworks
> > 2005,
> >> MS OfficeXP, maybe a few Adware utilities. After that, it is intended
> >> to
> >> be a gaming computer, for a friend. I suspect everything else will be
> > games
> >> such as Everquest and Doom.
> >>
> >> I suspect he (we) will put a 64 bit OS on sometime later... when it
> > becomes
> >> readably available.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:uqiwQYqwFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> > Most 32 bit applications run just fine on applications, but some of
> > those
> >> > 32-bit apps use 16-bit installers, so its tricky to assume that all
of
> >> them
> >> > run on x64. The platform I would say is just as good or probably
> > superior
> >> > than 32-bit Windows because of the vast amounts of memory it can take
> >> > advantage of.
> >> >
> >> > To say if Windows x64 is right for you really depends on what you
plan
> > on
> >> > utilizing the power of the platform, by understanding its weaknesses
> >> > and
> >> its
> >> > advantages.
> >> >
> >> > Games:
> >> > http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzY1
> >> >
> >> > x64 FAQs by Charlie Russel:
> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/russel_x64faq.mspx
> >> > --
> >> > Andre
> >> > Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> > Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> > http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >> > FAQ for MS AntiSpy
> >> > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> >> > "JCO" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:ewgOMYkwFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> > > Will the current Windows XP run on a 64 bit machine or will we have
> >> > > to
> >> > > wait
> >> > > until the OS has be recompiled for 64 bits? If it does run, will
it
> > run
> >> > > as
> >> > > good as it would if it was running on a 32 bit machine.
> >> > >
> >> > > Will a 32 bit application (Games or Office Product) run as good on
a
> > 64
> >> > > bit
> >> > > computer as it does on the 32 bit machines.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>