Comments on: Windows 7: 64-bit or 32-bit? Memory and performance

By: palookajoe

palookajoe — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:27:16 +0000

In reply to mehrdad — December 18, 2009 about macintosh. IMO mac is the worst OS out there, hardly any progs work with it and having to mount everything is pretty bogus in my opinion….takes way too long to install programs. Mac is a minority and always will be.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:04:59 +0000

I have Windows 7 Home premium x64 edition. My laptop has 4 Gigs of ram. I am a student and use it primarily for school and research and reading. I multi-task like crazy. sometimes 4 and 5 internet windows open receiving live feeds, word documents, pdf, downloads, etc… and i do this all at the same time split screen all that, and windows handles everything perfectly. I have no problems and have been quite shocked as to the performance level of windows7 x64. I am not the most computer savvy person however. Other than keeping lotsa junk off my startup programs, and not leaving millions of old applications installed, and clearing your internet files, is there other ways to maximize my use of ram so it can be more focused with performance.

By: morf

morf — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:25:02 +0000

Macintash? Thanks Mehrdad I’ll look out for that one. does it come with a spell checker?

By: mehrdad

mehrdad — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:37:46 +0000

hello , the perfect OS for computer is MACINTASH snow leopard

By: John

John — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:36:06 +0000

What happens if I load windows xp7-x64 not -x32 on a computer using only 2g ddr2 ram?

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:36:30 +0000

You could use your software with XP Mode. Another option is to install the 32-bit version of Windows 7.

By: Kathie Miller

Kathie Miller — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:34 +0000

We just bought 3 computers for our business and they all have Windows 7 Home Premium on them. It has a 64 bit and I tried loading our business software but when it wouldn’t load I called support and they told me the program only works with 32 bit. I’m guessing our only solution is to down-grade to XP so it will work. We hate Vista and won’t use that. I’m assuming we can’t change the windows 7 bit as I understand they have a 32 bit. This is just confusing and I’m really getting disgusted with the whole deal. I tried booting with our XP Professional upgrade but it didn’t recognize that we had a previous windows operating system. Any ideas? Of course microsoft support won’t help. On a new machine we should get free support.

By: david

david — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:51:45 +0000

can you have windows vista 64bit and/or windows 7 on a 32bit system or would it not work

email me asap

dave21raidrs@aol.com

By: Andrew H

Andrew H — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:26:49 +0000

Windows 7 x64’s maximum RAM depends on what edition you have. You can only upgrade to 192 GB on Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. The other editions support less maximum RAM.

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/04/25/revealed-more-windows-7-rc-details.aspx

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:35:09 +0000

Donald, thanks! I corrected the article. I think there is a huge difference between 16TB and 192GB.

By: Donald Haase

Donald Haase — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:03:08 +0000

Your article contains a factual error: “Windows 7 x64 cannot only make use of up to 16TB RAM”. 16TB is simply one of the theoretical limits. In fact, no version of Windows 7 can address more than 192GB of RAM (not that it makes a huge difference).

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:23:46 +0000

Yeah it is really funny. Most 4GB machines you see in the shelves these days come with Vista x86. This false belief that 32-bit supports 4GB is widespread.

By: Job Hunting Tips

Job Hunting Tips — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:20:18 +0000

I had no idea that 32-bit architectures could only handle a maximum of 3 GB of ram.

Shocking that computer companies will allow you to build and ship a 32 bit system that has more.