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April 16th, 2008, 11:47 AM
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hey, i just made a new build, with a intel core 2 quad, geforce 8800gt superclocked edition or w.e, 4gigs of ram, all in an antec 900 that comes with enough fans to keep the system cool, now i was wondering, since i have 4gb of ram, which OS do u guys recommend i snatch on this bad boy?
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April 25th, 2008, 06:26 PM
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Well 32bit doesnt support 4 gig of ram its max is 3 gig but its more compatible with programs were as 64bit supports 4gig of ram but you may have compatibility problems with some things.
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April 25th, 2008, 07:17 PM
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A 64-bit OS will support 4 gigs of RAM, whereas a 32-bit OS can address less than 4 GB of RAM. Vista 64 bit is ok, it's rather a resource hog, but with your system, it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
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May 5th, 2008, 12:19 PM
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May 8th, 2008, 01:01 PM
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Well i 32bit doesnt support 4 g.b of ram it only support upto 3 giga bytes...
I think you should install 64 bit.... | |
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May 8th, 2008, 01:52 PM
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You proly dont need ANYWHERE near 4GB on XP. So it doesnt really matter if you get the 32-bit OS.
Im a fan of Vista. I'd say to go for it with your build. | |
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May 8th, 2008, 11:31 PM
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i had vista on my laptop and honestly vista is the biggest piece of shit in the world | |
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June 8th, 2008, 07:20 PM
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Like mentioned above, you will get less than 4 GB of RAM to actually use. Currently, I'm using about 3.6 GB of RAM on Vista's 32-bit OS. Thought I'd let you know a little more specifically what you might expect in terms of RAM from the 32-bit.
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June 8th, 2008, 08:22 PM
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Although Vista has it's downside, I would go for it also. I was a vista hater myself, but I've made the switch and I'm pretty happy with it.
Once UAC is under control, Vista is a decent OS.
My vote is for Vista 64bit. If you just had 2gigs of RAM, I'd still say Vista, but 32bit.
You can't really compare a laptop to a Quad Core Desktop. There is a big difference.. | |
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June 8th, 2008, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by xeneize368  i had vista on my laptop and honestly vista is the biggest piece of shit in the world | Vista was simply way too over-hyped.
It should have been better, but it is ok. | |
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