Comments on: I Finally Moved to 64-bit Windows

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:30:36 +0000

Been running Vista64 Ultimate for over a year now on my home machine…Upgraded from XP Pro SP2. I have to say that I love it and it’s solid. Media, games whatever. There were some inherent driver and program issues, but now most everything I use is supported.

I hadn't realized how good the driver support was for 64-bit Windows. It had been probably 6-months to a year since the last time I had checked, and I was very pleased to not have had any troubles.

Lewis wrote:

Does anyone know if it would be easy for me to reinstall Vista and not loose everything? I have a USB drive if I need to make an image on it.

You'll have to reinstall Vista completely. You can't just upgrade it or anything. Also, you might be able to get the 64-bit CD for a small price from your PC manufacturer.

brain wrote:

I had installed 32 bit vista media center on my 5200 AMD dual core / 2gb ram, for a few months, and the commercial skip (dvrms toolbox) and vista codec pack worked well. So I tried x64 Vista and installed both 64x software for dmrms and vista codec pack, and it broke all the time. Media center worked, but I couldn’t skip commercials, and couldn’t watch divx movies without them freezing half way thru. So I upgraded to Win7, and it didn’t work with my Hauppage 1600, so I formatted and tried Mythbuntu, and after 4 hours I sort of got the tuner to work, but it was so buggy I went back to 32 bit Vista and it’s all back to working order now. Phew! The end.

Sounds like quite a nightmare you had. I actually use the DVRMStoolbox 64-bit version and have no troubles with it. In fact it was one of the first things I installed after getting Vista setup, because if that didn't work I was going to scrap the whole idea of moving to 64-bit.

Bamboo wrote:

She was watching CES coverage the other day and people were talking about all the Vista haters, and she said something like “I don’t get what people don’t like. It works fine and looks good.”

I totally agree with her. I can understand why some people have viable reasons to complain about Vista, but it always irks me when someone talks about how much Vista sucks without even trying it for themselves.

Neo® wrote:

Now I’m 100% sure that my next upgrade will be Windows 7 64bit, and maybe I’ll slap in another 4gb of Ram (though Windows 7 will run on almost anything! - it runs FAST on my old K8N Neo2 board, ironically).

I'll definitely be using 64-bit operating systems from now on as well.

moopenguin32 wrote:

I installed the 64-bit Windows 7 beta on my PC on Monday. So far, everything has been working great. I have a 2 year old custom build desktop. All but 4 drivers were installed with Windows.

That was one thing that was nice... Vista installed all but 2 drivers for me, and those were easy to find online. That's part of what made the upgrade to 64-bit so seamless in my case.

By: Dalifornian Dude

Dalifornian Dude — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:44:10 +0000

I had vista 32 and was soo slow, and now i have vista 64, wow soo much faster, i have an AMD X4 9850, 4GB, GForce 8900GT, runs like a bullet.

IM Happy w it.

By: 98SExpert

98SExpert — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:29:07 +0000

I prefer windows xp 64 bits.
Vista is a really bloated system ~~

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:27:48 +0000

I’ve been back and fourth. I started with XP 64 bit back in 2006. Went back and fourth several times just for small issues and because I’m like that. Anyway I have XP64 bit installed now and have had ZERO problems. There is almost nothing that is not compatible. Some software developers still refuse to get with it. They just don’t want to get with the times.

By: Famf

Famf — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:37:12 +0000

I’ve been running 64 bit Vista for a while now. Currently running the 64 bit Windows 7 Beta. The only thing I miss are programs like Pitaschio and Katmouse that only half work in a 64 bit environment.

Otherwise, it’s been great.

By: moopenguin32

moopenguin32 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:34:13 +0000

I installed the 64-bit Windows 7 beta on my PC on Monday. So far, everything has been working great. I have a 2 year old custom build desktop. All but 4 drivers were installed with Windows. I was able to use a 64-bit Vista driver for the wireless NIC. Windows 7 was able to install the sound driver after the fact. I don’t remember what the other 2 devices are. I’m not sure I’m experiencing any noticeable differences with using the 64-bit version since I only have a gig of RAM and I’m not using any 64-bit programs. 64-bit IE8 seems to have compatibility issues with websites.

Though I have only used it sparingly, I can definitely say that Windows 7 performs better than Vista (I used to have Vista on a laptop I no longer own). The PC boots up quickly and there is little lag when surfing the web and doing normal things.

For whatever reason though, when I hold down shift and click on a open window in the taskbar, it takes a few seconds to bring up the menu. However, if that’s the worst thing I have to complain about when using a beta, I think I’m in good shape.

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:25:10 +0000

I plan to move to 64 bit with Windows 7 when it is released.

By: Dan in Tempe

Dan in Tempe — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:41:04 +0000

When our Windows XP 32bit died from a remote take over — it was one of those fake popups, where whatever you click you get the virus. It was beyond repair without a reinstall — only the genius who got that for roomy didn’t make the disks — Ok neither did I but I was a total newb with Windows then.

I’ll be honest. I got the Vista x64 bit on accident, but I’m glad I did!! Here’s why:

1) The hardwired security system prevents remote take overs! I leared enough from my 6502/Basic days to know you can’t get under the ROM.

2) Vista was meant to run on a x64 bit machine. It runs flawlessly in every way!

3) Vista x64 has room for exponential memory expansion! Every bit you add doubles the amount of memory you can use. Thus you get 4GB with the 32 bit and WE COULD HAVE 18,000 Quadrillion addressable addresses on the x64 bit machines.

4) The driver issue is either over or non-existant so far. We’ve only had three problems with programs and they were all ancient.

5) Nearly NO CRASHES! Our XP crashed all the freaking time!

SUMMARY: It’s plain as the filthy glasses on my nose; with the all the video, tv programs, movies, music, photos and who knows what’s next in use now, we NEED x64 bits machines to get to the next level. And isn’t that what it’s all about people? (Sorry, I’m taking writing classes and just can’t help but write!)
I for one can’t wait for the future of computers!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:48:09 +0000

I have been using 64bit Ubuntu only problem was flash player which I swapped out with the 64bit alpha flash and have had no problems since.

By: fab

fab — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:14:44 +0000

my HP tablet with AMD turion x64 came with vista 64bit, wiped the disk and installed 32 bit just because i got a signature issue…only now, i thought to give windows 7 64 bit a try. amazing. i’m not sure there’s a huge difference in day-to-day use with most programs like browsing or doc editing, but the entire system seems snappy, actually snappier than vista. don’t know if that’s a windows vista or 7 issue or 32 or 64 bit thing. now on to install what i really want…ubuntu 64 9.04 with ext4…thanks and cheers