Should I install Windows 7 in 32bit or 64bit?

[zy]

Originally Posted by karhoe

The laptop im installing 7 on is only having 3GB, haha, but nevertheless, this PC would only be used for surfing the web, etc, so 64bit would be just fine.

Edit - URGH, this is ridiculous, I used IE8, 64bit version but Flash do not have 64bit version yet LAWL

yeah. they dont support 64bit windows yet

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Chai

It is a good enough reason to upgrade. I can't see myself using less than 4GB now.

Yeah, once you go 4GB, it's hard to go back.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by karhoe

The laptop im installing 7 on is only having 3GB, haha, but nevertheless, this PC would only be used for surfing the web, etc, so 64bit would be just fine.

Edit - URGH, this is ridiculous, I used IE8, 64bit version but Flash do not have 64bit version yet LAWL

Well, my laptop only had 2 GB of RAM, but I installed 64-bit Vista because I knew I would be upgrading it to 4 GB. It made the later upgrade so simple - just pop in the SO-DIMM and my system's running at full potential. Otherwise, I would have to reinstall Windows just to make full use of the extra RAM.

[karhoe]

I already filled up the 2 DIMM's with 1GB (stock) + 2GB (add on), it would be kind of cost ineffective to keep that 1GB and pop in that 2GB.

Looking forward to more of 64bit apps

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by karhoe

I already filled up the 2 DIMM's with 1GB (stock) + 2GB (add on), it would be kind of cost ineffective to keep that 1GB and pop in that 2GB.

Looking forward to more of 64bit apps

Ahh.. You can always pop in the 2GB and donate the 1GB to me!

It would work great with my Aspire One netbook -> Tech ARP - The Acer Aspire One Netbook Upgrade Guide

Sigh.. I can only upgrade it with a 1 GB module while I only have a 512 MB module and a 2 GB module.

[Chai]

Originally Posted by karhoe

I already filled up the 2 DIMM's with 1GB (stock) + 2GB (add on), it would be kind of cost ineffective to keep that 1GB and pop in that 2GB.

Looking forward to more of 64bit apps

Currently, there are very few 64 bit, almost none.

[karhoe]

Hmm, well,

I have Winrar 64bit, Photoshop CS4 64bit, and a few more apps.

I read somewhere that because the OS can utilize the 64bit extension, Winrar actually performs faster

[PsYkHoTiK]

Originally Posted by zy

yeah. they dont support 64bit windows yet

Which I find to be somewhat funny coz there is already a usable alpha build for flash player x64 for Linux...

[karhoe]

Yes, it is only an alpha build. So it will take some time before we have an alpha for Windows browsers.

[zy]

Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

Which I find to be somewhat funny coz there is already a usable alpha build for flash player x64 for Linux...

yup, took them so long to create one for linux, because there is demand. i think they will only release x64 version for windows when flash 11 comes out.