64-bit

64-bit

Who's made the switch?

What OS u rinning?

Whats your thoughts?

Replied in other thread - I'm waiting for Longhorn.

Whens Longhorn due? Not took much interest in it!

64 bit suse looks the nuts mind....I tried the 9.2 "live cd" and it blew me away - was lightning...and that wasnt a REAL install!!

aye, same here - forget 64bit KP - will just wait for longhorn or whatever it's going to be called...

then wait for the 64bit apps to start arriving....

longhorns gonna be AGES tho aint it???

just been having quick skeg and it even even at beta1 yet

for the ppl wanting to tick to windows...who have 64bit processors, XP64 is final now...so shud be used I wud say

even if you dont get the benefit of all ur apps running 64bit code....at least the os is..which is going to help

but then again...u cud go linux which already has gazillions of 64bit compiled apps :lecture:

will hang off getting a 64bit proc too for now... no need for me and what i do...

tbh u wont notice much difference...but if ur gonna buy a new processor at all anytime soon u may as well get 64bit...they are cheap as chips just like everything else.

and then u can try 64bit linux

I run XP64 bit- free for a year too which is a good thing
Had a bit of bother with drivers at first but there's more getting released all the time

XP64 is hopeless on my computer

can't find any wireless drivers, so no internet, the sound card crashes it if it's ever used (no drivers anywhere), and I can't seem to find any 64 bit software to run on it really

Since it's final, the drivers will all be coming now. ther's not a lot of software yet though

yeah the drivers are an issue mainly just cos a lot of vendors are waiting for the "official" release of XP64...shud all be sorted soon

what soundcard and wireless card u got?

not a lot of 64bit s/w out yet but its starting to appear.....the main benefit atm will be the core os running in 64bit rather than slower 32bit

The OS is 64-bit code so it will be faster than ur current 32-bit one

Most applications however that u use will be 32bit...so emulated.....u wont notice a decrease in speed tho.

Main reason is to use the power of ur chip to its full potential

Longhorn's due for release sometime next year, there's beta's out at the mo though.

I'm waiting til there's a very stable 64-bit win OS before switching, and when there's more software support - too many issues at the mo.

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 (external), and just a generic G band wi-fi USB adapter - not having the internet makes it a nightmare looking for drivers, then you're constantly having to reboot to look it up under 32.

If there were 64-bit applications about that I could really make use of, I'd look more closely for the drivers, but there doesn't seem to be much benefit at the moment.....

the benefit is in the main part of your pc tho...the operating system....seems to be a lot more stable and a lot more responsive. so even if ur running 32bit apps...ur still onto a winner

Yeah, it needs a dual-boot - sounds complicated but is actually quite easy if you sort-of know what you're doing. Thats how I've got it set up on mine. Google is probs the best bet, I will probably tell you how to do it wrong

when u install xp64,it sets up dual boot automatically for you

Wanna try this out...

www.suse.com - totally free as well

u can either get 32bit live DVD - which includes loads more stuff....pretty much a full system install

or to see the potential of 64bit...get the 64bit live CD....a pretty bare install but it doesnt half go

Suse 9.3 is due out in nxt few days as well so keep an eye out for that!