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    Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    Hey guys,
    I'm about to take advantage of the £30 Microsoft offer for Windows 7 Professional, but am unsure which version I should get.
    My system includes an Intel e6400 processor, Nvidia GeForce 7900 512mb card, DDR 2 memory etc.
    Am I going to run into compatibility issues with programs and drivers or is the 64-bit version the more logical choice?

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    64bit is the future. You should have no issues with the drivers really these days for 64bit, unless you are going to be running some pretty old hardware.

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    Just curious, how are people finding Windows 7 in 64-bit mode? Is it noticeably faster without running benchmarks? And is everything working and compatible?

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    Thanks for the replies guys.
    I've just ordered the 64-bit version, so will let you know how I get on

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    64bit all the way baby

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    64 bit mate

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    Depends what you're going to use it for.

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    If you've got 2GB of RAM or more, definitely go x64.

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    running W7 with plenty of memory (I'm on 12Gb) and no swap file is great. i've also added local ssd and networked storage very quiet, very quick...

    which makes both W7 (for proper SSD support) and 64 bit compulsive. It's probably only the 3rd WinOS I've really gotten on well with...

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    Which offer is this? I'm looking to upgrade to windows 7 also and the word offer made my eyes light up!

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zyte View Post
    Which offer is this? I'm looking to upgrade to windows 7 also and the word offer made my eyes light up!
    http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    I would echo the other comments here to go 64-bit. I've been using 64-bit W7 since launch and have come across no issues with drivers/software/games not working. In fact, it all works rather well!

    I can see no reason to install a 32-bit OS these days -- unless you need to for compatibility reasons etc or are locked into 32-bit software that would be too time consuming/expensive to get to work.
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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    I've been running win7 64bit for around a year and a half now.. Even though i loved XP and did not want to change, times were moving along. I've been impressed with it, a vast step up for vista.

    Only ever had one problem (be it a major one) where for some reason windows update and ie 64bit decided to not work, worse of all there was no fix for it bar reinstalling :/

    If you can get win7 on a student deal, its good value for money.

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    64 Bit. The only bit of hassle I've had is for the drivers for an amBex lighting system I have at home that needed a bit of a work around, but that's the only one I've encountered.

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    Re: Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

    If you are going to put in more then 4Gb of RAM into your PC, then go for 64bit. If you have any old devices check that 64bit drivers have been released for them.

    I've found Windows 64 bit OS to be larger and offer not speed improvement on sub 4Gb systems.
    Linux 64bit systems seem to run faster then 32bit / i686 systems Linux builds.

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