No Worries for 64-bit Windows Vista?
Microsoft is pushing the envelope once again in preparation for a complete transition to 64-bit computing by making sure all programs running in 32-bit editions would run in 64-bit platforms without any problems. Hardware on the x64 platform should normally use Windows Vista 64 bit editions and consumers should not worry about being left out in the community.
Are there really no worries?
Despite 32-bit applications running in Windows Vista 64 bit versions, consumers should at least know that driver support does not hold true. Vendors should be able to come up with a version working with Windows Vista 64. Aside from that, 16-bit versions does not run in Windows Vista 64-bit versions anymore.
The benefits of running Windows Vista on 64-bit platform includes Data Execution Prevention which prevents exploits and provides defense against buffer overflow attacks; although this might cause problems whenever Vista stops legit applications.
Having said that, I would most likely choose Windows Vista 32-bit applications as it would take more than a year or two before 64-bit becomes a standard. I wouldn’t want to worry about anything from applications to drivers. Would you?
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1 opinion for No Worries for 64-bit Windows Vista?
otto
Jul 4, 2007 at 10:13 am
I found this website today and this article caught my attention because about an hour ago I made a decision to remove vista ultimate 64 bit from my best ‘high end’ machine and load the 32 bit version.
At first I liked the notice-able “snappiness” of the improved performance and when I loaded a new game, from my favorite series, with no problems I was impressed (lot’s of 64 bit disaster stories). And…
…I was proud of my “4.4 rating” But I later found a fair number of my preferred programs wouldn’t install and when I loaded my favorite game, a 1st person shooter, I noticed that when I use the up and right arrow keys to move forward at an angle the picture / game play started jumping at a rate that matched a notice-able key conflict between the forward & right keys and while I was testing the game after repair attempts I found the over all performance problems made the game intolerable.
I just don’t see the sacrificing of favorite, familiar programs, the lack of general compatibility and the slightly glitchy-ish way the OS responds to problems & errors.
My 2nd best pc running vista ultimate 32 bit (4.2 rating) and it is running the same games / programs & all my pc “good stuff” FLAWLESSLY.
Although no conclusions, ‘formal opinions’ or speculative indications, regarding or indicative of Windows Vista, would be allowed or accepted this early in its initial evaluation…
….I
actually
kinda…
…like it
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