[RESOLVED] Question about my PC Profile-64 Bit or 32 Bit?

[gypsy63]

Train: Let me see if I understand this correctly. My "Vista" copy is a 32 bit copy, but my computer itself is 64 bits, which in turn means that if I ever wanted to run an OS that was 64 bits, then there would be no problem for me? If that is true, then my PC must be backwards compatible if it is 64 bits but able to run a 32 bit OS? If all this is true, then it is something I did not know. I am afraid that I am not as computer literate as I thought I was.
Thanks,

[Train]

Train: Let me see if I understand this correctly. My "Vista" copy is a 32 bit copy,

Yes that is true

but my computer itself is 64 bits, which in turn means that if I ever wanted to run an OS that was 64 bits, then there would be no problem for me?

That is also true

If that is true, then my PC must be backwards compatible if it is 64 bits but able to run a 32 bit OS? If all this is true, then it is something I did not know. I am afraid that I am not as computer literate as I thought I was.
Thanks,

Not quite right, but as you can see, a 32-bit OS will run just fine on 64-bit hardware. Which is close enough for what we need.
And a point we must always remember is not to mix up the software version, 32 or 64-bit, with what the hardware is capable of. That is mixing Apples and Dump trucks if we think they are the same.

[gypsy63]

Train: Thank you for clearing everything up for me--I was so confused. Now I understand the concept of 32 bit software and 64 hardware--just was not thinking that way until you pointed it out. Now everything makes sense.
Thanks,