I'm 64-bit ready. Have a few inquiries...:)

Alrighty, so my T7600 (Core 2 Duo @2.33GHz each) is on its way, and it is the fastest one I can plug into my Thinkpad T60p. Before I go to replace my current T2500 Core Duo, I have a couple of questions:

I want to set up a triple, or quad-boot system: XP SP2 (for emergency purposes only), Vista Ultimate x86 (which will remain my main OS), Vista Ultimate x64 (to start exploring the world of 64-bit), and possibly Windows Home Server.

I have 200GB to play with. I would allocate maybe 10GB to the XP partition, 100GB to Vista x86, the remaining 90GB for Vista x64, if I don't go the Home Server route, and if I do, 50GB for Home Server, and 40GB for Vista x64. Does this sound reasonable?

Also, do I need to purchase a 2nd license of Vista for the 64-bit version?

Are the following applications available in 64-bit? MS Office 2007, Firefox, AIM 6.5, VLAN player, AVG or avast virus scanners, and Diskeeper? I believe all of the drivers of my T60p are available in 64-bit. Maybe 64-bit is like Mac's. No virus scanner necessary (yet)??

Finally, where will I see the difference? T2500 vs. T7600...gaining 2MB L2 cache and 233MHz in CPU speed, or am I comparing apples and oranges? How will I benefit from 64-bit? Yet additional speed from what I hear. What else?

This will be fun! I'm such a geek.

Thanks all!

 

http://windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=69002

Let's do it dude...I'll pay you in FRU parts. lol...

 

Awesome. So basically, I need to find the drivers for all my laptop's hardware and find 64-bit versions for the software I want to use, correct? And if I can't find a 64-bit piece of software I'd like to run, there's always 32-bit emulation mode. Is my assertion correct? Everybody makes it sounds so painstakingly annoying and difficult. What is it that is so complicated? Sorry, if this is an uninformed silly question. The benefit of 64-bit just sounds incredible, and very very enticing. I am SO there.

 

Thanks Arie...so what's the big mystery, what am I missing, as so many people are saying not to do it?

 

Ahhhhhhhh yea...Ok, well, if that's the issue, it should install without too many problems since my laptop is only a year old?

A lot of people on a different forum have also tried to dissuade me, as they said they needed to tweak about a million things, such as services, etc. All of that has to do with old hardware still?

 

Well, the reason stated by many to disable or at least not have automatically start services is to have the system boot up faster, free up resources, etc. You think that's all nonsense?

 

AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Finally, a voice of reason. Agreed on all counts, as I disabled some services one time and have experienced no speed-ups. As for the resources, ditto, haha...I only ever use half the RAM it seems, for example, and my T7600 is coming...

Off topic: Do you own, and pay for maintenance for this BBS yourself?

 

Decision made..................64-bit, LAY IT ON ME!!!!!!!

Alright, 4 out 4 people, whose opinions I respect, are now all saying the same thing. GO FOR IT, Crunch.

Do you think I should get one 2GB stick, to make it 3GB's, or two 2GB sticks for 4GB, albeit that one is wasted? Is there ANY benefit by going with more than 3GB?

As my hardware is no more than one year old, I'm hopeful that the driver issue will not be problematic. As for the software, like I said, I believe I can find 64-bit equivalents of what I'm running now fairly easily. And the rest, 32-bit mode.

Vista 32 has been nothing but an awesome experience for me. NO BSOD's. Everything that I run is now compatible with it, and I thoroughly enjoy the eye candy.

.................................... I'm ready! ................................