Hello,

After a lot of research I have finally reached the conclusion that I will do a fresh installation of Windows XP on my laptop and will try our Win 7 using a virtual machine. Have not decided about which virtual machine because looking for something that is freeware but is good. So will appreciate kind recommendations in this regard.

Coming to the question:
My laptop is sony vaio VGN-FZ140E and i have 2 GB RAM. Will 64-bit give a significant performance boost as compared with 32-bit. I read a few posts where people have rated the 64-but version of XP Pro as terrible and thumbs down.

Can someone please help me decide whether I should go with 32-bit or 64-bit?

Thanks