Vista Ultimate 32bit or 64bit edition?

[bee]

dual booting xp x86 and vista x64 is the way to go i think its certainly the way ive gone best of both worlds

[aidanjt]

bee: agreed, it's the only sane thing to do, especially when OEM versions are arch specific (if you go that route).

[8bit]

So you're saying that your inner geek is more impressed by the sound of 32bit than 64bit?

A *true* inner geek is impressed with 8bit

[kalniel]

Not too up to date with my O/Ss (I was forced to move to windows 2000 - 98SE would not install on my newest PC) but whats this about extra processor instructions?

x64 (AMD64/EM64T) is an extention of the x86 instruction set - complete with new registers and instructions (and culling of some older instructions - still available in 32bit mode though):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...efault.aspx#S2

A *true* inner geek is impressed with 8bit

*chuckles* Though surely 1 bit is where it's at 0?

[lodore]

the true inner geek would forgot vista and learn linux dual booting with xp if anything went wrong.
xp support is extended intill 2012 now i think.
so its time to forgot vista and learn linux!
the thing is i would never get a MS Os when it first came out and wait intill at least service pack 1
lodore

[aidanjt]

Actually Vista is a step in the right direction (mostly), there's still a few teething problems here and there, but it is ready for deployment this time.