trusman Posted November 26, 2004 Posted November 26, 2004 This may sound silly but I'm curious,if I'm not running a server network,just a simple home set-up (cable modem to NIC card to connect my cable service..Can the trial version of Windows connect to the internet..I'm using a 3COM 3C-905TX Ethernet Card that only works well with 32-bit windows os,64-bit can't find it..Does anyone know where I can purchase a NIC Card that has 64-bit properties and drivers..I would like to continue to experiment with 64-bit OS but if I can't connect to internet ,It's wasting my time..I don't write program code,just a novice with software.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 First off, what do you mean by NIC card? Motherboard and CPU maybe, but never heard of NIC card. Second off: Get a Linux 64 bit distro to experiment. Much more stabler. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 First off, what do you mean by NIC card? Motherboard and CPU maybe, but never heard of NIC card. Second off: Get a Linux 64 bit distro to experiment. Much more stabler. NIC? Network Integrated Card? In other words a network card. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkEcho Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 You know a funny thing is allot of people call a NIC a NIC card... so they are really saying network interface card card lol but in regards to a trial version of windows on he internet I don Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 What difference would it make? Athlon 64 bit processors are the x86-64 instruction set on top of the x86 instruction set, so it shouldn't give you any troubles with 32 bit stuff. But go ahead and try it. But because it's Windows in beta(*shudders*), I doubt itl'll work too well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 i went out and bought xp pro cause i was using that and my mic didn't work and my mirc kept crashing and they are two things i use alllll the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 Marine, he said he wants to continue experimenting with 64 bit OS's. XP Pro is 32 bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sveach Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 uh.... Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 (English) Taken directly from MSDN Subscribers downloads. Meaning i can download it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 um kb, he was refering to win64 when he said his mic didnt work, and mirc kept crashing, that is why he bought winxp pro....... I dont think win64 is stable enough to run day to day programs, so I really dont trust it. I dont want to have to reformat and lose information just because I'm trying something that is not stable yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 If you've had experience with other M$ products, you would know well that one in beta would be deadly. And Bryon, he said that he just went out and bought Windows XP because of things like that. The starter of the thread said that he wanted to continue experimenting with 64 bit OS's. Windows XP is 32 bit. You do the math here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 I thought you were refering to marine the whole time, forget about it :-P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trusman Posted November 28, 2004 Posted November 28, 2004 You know a funny thing is allot of people call a NIC a NIC card... so they are really saying network interface card card lol but in regards to a trial version of windows on he internet I don Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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