alexfort93 Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Which OS (Vista or XP) is best for 64-bit? I want to try it out on my MacBook, and I'm going to get 4GBs of RAM so I want it to be able to see them all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACarter02 Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Ubuntu 64 bit. If that were an option. I don't know man, I read about problems with both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radodrill Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 I'm running XP X64 and I like it a lot; the only thing to keep in mind is that peripheral driver support may be somewhat limited. I personally would not run any flavor of vista as a primary OS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 XP X64 is better than Vista x64 in my opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelig Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Of the two, Vista 64-bit, no question. There are situations where my first choice of OS would be XP 32-bit, Vista 32-bit, or Vista 64-bit, but never XP x64. I ran it on my main desktop rig for a few months, and it was a constant struggle to get my hardware/software all working for it, switching to Vista (as a Windows OS, 64-bit Linux OS's have been working beatifully for years) was a huge relief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
radodrill Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 but never XP x64. I ran it on my main desktop rig for a few months, and it was a constant struggle to get my hardware/software all working for it Must've been some proprietary apps and HP printers/scanners. HP has refused to provide drivers for XP X64 The only thing I can't run in XP X64 is the TI-connect software for my graphing calculator; my network laser printer had 64-bit drivers available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelig Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Must've been some proprietary apps and HP printers/scanners. HP has refused to provide drivers for XP X64 The only thing I can't run in XP X64 is the TI-connect software for my graphing calculator; my network laser printer had 64-bit drivers available. Some of the non-working software was proprietary, some was open source. Regardless of the nature of the software, I use the software that works best for my needs, and an OS loses a lot of use to me if it can't run the software that best suites my purposes. From the top of my head, hardware of mine that didn't work nicely with xp x64 (other than my hp printer, and my ti-89): Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR-950, iaudio 7, Panasonic voice recorder, Linksys usb network adaptor, Logitech Harmony remote, nvidia network adaptor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 I would use XP-64 over Vista 64 anytime...but prefer XP-32bit above all... I would NOT buy either copy of 64bit....if you have it use it...but if you have to coin up for it dont bother.... I used XP-64 for about 2 years and I had no issues with it at all...but I dont print from here either... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexfort93 Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Printing really isn't a problem, I mean I could always just go into Mac OS X and print. But I just want to make sure I will have drivers available for my components. The only reason I want Windows is to play a couple games. I figured 64-bit so I can use all of the RAM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Printing really isn't a problem, I mean I could always just go into Mac OS X and print. But I just want to make sure I will have drivers available for my components. The only reason I want Windows is to play a couple games. I figured 64-bit so I can use all of the RAM. No reason to switch then as I don't believe there is any game that require 4 gigs of memory yet. That said, I always install XP x64 except for on my new computer, which I want to play some older games on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexfort93 Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 Ok then if performance wise, it won't hurt much, now here's the real question should I try Vista or go back to XP ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted April 4, 2008 Posted April 4, 2008 stay with XP.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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