32 or 64 bit ?

[Jaimes Conda]

February 2007

There's really very little reason for home and small business users to upgrade to Vista at all at the moment (February 2007). Yes, it has some nifty new features, but DirectX 10 games aren't quite here yet, and there are still far too many compatibility problems with existing hardware, many of which will be ironed out in the coming months.

There's even less reason for normal users to get 64-bit Windows. Compatibility is even worse, it isn't (overall) any faster for 32-bit software, and unless you already know of some piece of 64-bit software that you really want to run, I can fairly confidently state that there isn't any.

http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00001.htm

[ernest]

...and unless you already know of some piece of 64-bit software that you really want to run

Well, at least Rybka, Zappa get 70% speed on 64-bit.

And anybody can try the free Win XP Pro x64 trial version (120 days).
I use it in dual boot with Win WP Home, and certainly can't complain!

[tjfroh]

JC,

We are closer to February 2008. Time to upgrade. Vista 64 bit makes XP and Win 2000 Pro look like dumb dirty dogs.

Enjoy,

Bill

February 2007

There's really very little reason for home and small business users to upgrade to Vista at all at the moment (February 2007). Yes, it has some nifty new features, but DirectX 10 games aren't quite here yet, and there are still far too many compatibility problems with existing hardware, many of which will be ironed out in the coming months.

There's even less reason for normal users to get 64-bit Windows. Compatibility is even worse, it isn't (overall) any faster for 32-bit software, and unless you already know of some piece of 64-bit software that you really want to run, I can fairly confidently state that there isn't any.

http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00001.htm

[Terry McCracken]

JC,

We are closer to February 2008. Time to upgrade. Vista 64 bit makes XP and Win 2000 Pro look like dumb dirty dogs.

Enjoy,

Bill

February 2007

There's really very little reason for home and small business users to upgrade to Vista at all at the moment (February 2007). Yes, it has some nifty new features, but DirectX 10 games aren't quite here yet, and there are still far too many compatibility problems with existing hardware, many of which will be ironed out in the coming months.

There's even less reason for normal users to get 64-bit Windows. Compatibility is even worse, it isn't (overall) any faster for 32-bit software, and unless you already know of some piece of 64-bit software that you really want to run, I can fairly confidently state that there isn't any.

http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00001.htm

Ooohhh...that was deep Bart....

[Jaimes Conda]

[quote="tjfroh"]JC,

We are closer to February 2008. Time to upgrade. Vista 64 bit makes XP and Win 2000 Pro look like dumb dirty dogs.

Enjoy,

Bill

Tim,
O.K. Would you give more details why Vista 64 is so much better than XP & Win 2K.
Also what software is available? Fritz 11 is not compatible.

Make your case.................Jaimes Gates

[dper]

Sorry if this is a silly question, but where did you see Fritz 11 is incompatible with Vista 64 bit? I can't find it on the chessbase site, and all my older chessbase programs run fine on vista 64 bit. Thanks, D. Perrin

[Spock]

Sorry if this is a silly question, but where did you see Fritz 11 is incompatible with Vista 64 bit? I can't find it on the chessbase site, and all my older chessbase programs run fine on vista 64 bit. Thanks, D. Perrin

Agreed - Deep Fritz 10 for example is perfectly fine on Vista x64
It would be very surprising if Fritz 11 was not...

[Jaimes Conda]

Sorry if this is a silly question, but where did you see Fritz 11 is incompatible with Vista 64 bit? I can't find it on the chessbase site, and all my older chessbase programs run fine on vista 64 bit. Thanks, D. Perrin

Sorry my error. I meant to say ''Is F 11 compatible with Vista 64?''.

Jaimes.

[seemychess]

well folds it is time to upgrade to vista 64 if you can fine engines to run on vista 64. some do but most dont use the 64 bit to its full potential. i hope naum 3 well have a 64 bit engine.