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  1. January 20th, 2007, 01:55 PM #16
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    By Core series, I meant the entire Core Duo, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad ranges.

    My experience so far, is that the situation vis a vis 64-bit drivers is far better with Vista than with XP x64. Generally everyone is writing both 32 & 64 bit drivers at the same time. AV is still a big problem though - even MS haven't made a 64-bit OneCare Live version yet
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  2. January 22nd, 2007, 03:48 PM #17
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    Question [Pro] What is a "x64" system?

    Again, thanks for all the links and answers. This may be on the links some of you provided; but I'm looking for a quick answer to this one, so I've come directly back to you guys:

    I went to the Microsoft site for the Windows Vista minimum requirements. It says that the processor must be 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) at minimum.

    How does 32-bit translate to x86??? Why not x32? If I want to ensure that my computer is Vista-ready, how do I tell if the processor is "x86"? (Or are all 32-bit processors "x86"?)

    Aaaaaagh, all these numbers. I use a computer, so I'd like to think I'm not completely computer-illiterate (although the Mac OS is my forte). But when it comes to keeping up with Windows, I seem to run into new questions every day.
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    X86 was originally the code that referred to Intel's x86 series of CPU's (286, 386, 486) but now refers to the architecture and instruction set that handles 32-bit operations in a standard CPU, x86 CPU's are 32bit, and x64 are you've guessed it: 64bit. These requirements aren't very good IMO, and they never are, if you were building a new system for vista then there's not much chance of you finding an 800Mhz CPU anyway, but the optimal requirements would be a 2.0Ghz CPU with 2gb of RAM and a good mid-range graphics card to be able to use all the eye-candy.


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  4. January 23rd, 2007, 01:29 AM #19
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    800Mhz - pah

    My 6 year old, retired, gateway system was 950Mhz and itcame installed with WinMe.

    Oer the years I modifed the install to be a triple boot between Win98, WinMe and Win2K, but I wouldn't have dreamed of putting XP on it because I know how slow it woud have been.

    To say that Vista woould run on it would be really pushing the boundaries I think.
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