Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Computer question(NFC)

[jim (jimshadow]

Main use will be for home apps like Quicken, Excel, otherwise I'll use it to
edit pictures, digital camcorder files, etc...   

I guess I don't really understand the difference/benefits of a 64bit os vs.
32bit os...

JIM

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Conforti [mailto:lndshrk [at] xmission.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:18 PM
To: JIM
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Computer question(NFC)

At 10:00 PM 12/17/2008 -0500, jim wrote:
>Ok, I'm in the process of building a new computer.   I'm currently running
>Win2K and will need a current OS for things like my DigiCamCorder software.
>So now I have to choose between XP and Vista.    Any thoughts?   All the
>reviews I read still seem to lean towards XP, with Vista being close, but
>still not quite up to expectations.

   What will you use it for?

   If you will use more than 2GB of memory AND drivers are available
   for the 64 bit O/S (Vista 64, not XP!) then go Vista 64.

   If not, go XP 32 (SP2 or SP3)

   Jim

   PS: the sticking points are usually drivers for directly attached things
       that are a bit "old" - like printers and scanner and such.



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