This is a more elaborate poll, elaborating the '32bit vs 64bit, Window Vista - Which will you choose' by Neo18. Due to poll limitations i'm not specifying Retail or OEM editions.

Which are you guys using? and Why?

I am using 64bit Home Premium on my main rig.. for 4GB and beyond of course!

What is diffrent 32bit and 64 bit ?

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Added on September 11, 2008, 3:15 pmAny advantage using vista ?

This post has been edited by MICHAEL NG: Sep 11 2008, 03:15 PM

I'm using Home Premium 32bit at home and Home Basic 32bit at office rig

using Vista Ultimate 32-bit

32bit is the common 'normal' version of Vista which can only detect up to 3.5GB or ram
64 bit on the other hand, supports ram capacity of 4GB and above..

advantage? well, mostly coz its a heckload safer than XP, among other things.

I would be suprise if there's anyone using Windows Vista Starter... better use Windows XP Pro than Starter...

i dont know. i try to love vista before this.. use vista home premium before this (only for about 2 days) and it comes with so many application problem eg. i cant use dreamweaver 8 even cs3. i dont know why this happen. then switch back to winxp. maybe i`m not ready yet. plus my laptop oso very slow if running vista. but one day i`ll give another try to use vista

Using Home Premium 32bit now.

ultimate 32 bit

i got a friend who has Starter... it came with a 'free' Toshiba laptop she won from some contest.. guess what she did?
format and Install XP... XD

wow so far lots of Ultimate users n LYN

This post has been edited by 00007kel: Sep 11 2008, 09:26 PM

Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1...
want to play game with dx10!!!!


This post has been edited by junuh: Sep 11 2008, 10:04 PM

Ultimate x64

even more stable than Vista x86...

This post has been edited by astria: Sep 11 2008, 10:45 PM

Ultimate x64 user here.

Vista Home Premium x64 user here!

This post has been edited by old newspaper: Sep 11 2008, 11:24 PM

ultimate 64 here smooth sailing all the way,hardcore gamers..

well, that was a good thing to hear, congratulation to your girl friend...

This post has been edited by FarCry3r: Sep 12 2008, 09:50 AM

Vista Business 64bit, I need the memory to create my plastic surgery simulation....

This post has been edited by mysticaldodo: Sep 12 2008, 10:52 AM

i have both Vista Home Premium x64 and Vista Ultimate x64.
currently i'm using Vista Ultimate x64 for my system because i love the MUI language packs function.

but we can also force-install the language packs for Home Premium

i think won’t use other Ultimate extras like Bitlocker

This post has been edited by hrd: Sep 12 2008, 02:54 PM

im using cs3 on my x64 without a problem.. hmm.. maybe u have a corrupt installer??

home premium 64bit user here. ultimate is too much for me as i don't even gonna use all those xtra functions...

can i know how many of you guys who are using Vista Ultimate are using a legitimate one?

i can proudly say that i am... got lobang from my friend to hoot a cheap Ultimate x64...

How much

i'm using vista ultimate x86
be4 this using x64...
but got game imcompitibality
i can't play the sims2 and bf2142...
so sad...
but x64 qiute fast

using ultimate 32bit, but vista does has some issue with some software, i tried 2 install alchohol 120% older version, it got crash n i hav 2 reinstall vista again...

SG$160, Ultimate x64

even cheaper than Home Premium OEM...

This post has been edited by astria: Sep 13 2008, 11:32 AM

Rm320 @@

Wah,so many people using Vista Ultimate.

oh, btw, my copy is not OEM... XD

I know. It's in the post #22

Me. Got it free from Microsoft as a Connect contributor. My thanks and gratitude to the Connect team.

although i'm using Vista Ultimate, i think Vista Ultimate is overrated and over price
Ultimate price is almost 40% more than Home Premium.

only can choose 1 option??
btw i'm using quad boot : Linux 8.04 / Vista Ultimate 32bit / 64bit / Windows XP SP3

I want to buy windows vista but can my laptop pentium m use 64bit windows vista?

i'm using 32 bit oem

hehe..maybe you should start a poll to get the answer

me using Ultimate x86 on my Pentium M...

btw, Pentium M is a 32-bit CPU...

i'm using vista home premium 32 bit@4gb ram..installed on my comp already when buy it..
no problem till now..but the side bar take too much memory looo..exit it already..

is there any other difference between 32bit and 64bit? the one i know is the 64 one can detect ram for more than 4gb..anything else?

Using Ultimate 32bit...

1.faster processing. Correct me if i wrong. (u can refer to those benchmark score from internet. 64bit also get higher score than 32bit)

2.use more spaces and duplicate files. the OS itself will separate into 2 program files directory. One is for x64 and one is x86. Everytime u install software that is 32bit, then it will go into C:\Program Files(x86)\.....

3. driver problem.... crash often compare with 32bits

4. 64bit OS support all 32bit applications. But something there will be some 32bit program not work because programmer don't implement it to support 64bit

I'm using vista basic 32 bit on my compaq laptop and am happy with it. I haven't tried vista premium, so not sure how much better is it compared to vista basic.

Vista Home Premium 32bit, pretty good & reliable. Anyway I'm not so concerned about the 4 gig ram thingy, does not bother me.

i'm just start using Vista ultimate 32bit........

Vista Ultimate 32bit sp1, so far stable and nor problem

I'm using Vista Ultimate 32bit too

me using Vista Ultimate 64bit... just installed it yesterday on my self build brand new rig.

so far so good, now downloading the SP1 for Vista

64-bit is good but many old device driver got problem.

Im using Vista Ultimate 32Bit SP1

is the vista installer for 32 bit and 64 bit different?
or the installer detect ur system automatically?
how to check whether mine is 32 bit or 64 bit?
coz got problem can't install a lot of software.
even google chrome cant install

1 - They are different
2 - No, you CHOOSE which version you want to install
3 - System Properties

me vista ultimate sp1

If ur proc is Dual core 64bit n u hav fast system, better utilise ur proc fully in ULTIMATE X64. Cool!!!

Using Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit here

a Vista Ultimate 32bit user here
use it for more than 2 years now, not turning back (say 'bye' to XP )

64bit Ultimate for me for the last 12 months.
6GB o' RAM and an old 512 GTS 8800 graphics card, served me well, especially on COD4!
Smooth sailin' to date, R.I.P XP, no contest

Vista Ultimate x64...retail pack for me

My main PC has got 3 OSes: Vista Ultimate SP1 32-Bit (OEM), XP Pro SP3 32-Bit (OEM) and Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.
I'm also using Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 on my Apple MacBook.

Vista Home Premium 32bit... can't stand using 1gb... very laggy. Upgraded to 2gb ram.

Vista Ultimate x86 OEM. Bought it with my Dell Inspiron

can i vote both, ultimate 32 and 64? thehehe. lappy use x64 pc use x86 (becoz izzi broadband dont provide x64 driver T_T)

ultimate x64.. and never look back to XP.. hehe

still using XP SP3, if i could get a new rig next week, then it would be Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Vista Ultimate 32-bit....juz changed my OS yday...n i m lovin it!!!!
Bye bye XP SP3~

dam, im the only guy in the entire lyf whos still using xp sp2 on my solo core laptop....


This post has been edited by wayfeel: Oct 4 2008, 12:07 AM

ultimate 64 bit 4 me.
just for the sake of nice graphic wen gaming.

XP SP2 here

hi. wat significant diff btw business 64 vs ultimate? thanks

Home / Premium / 32 bit

please. if you want to troll, go make your own forum. Another post like this and off to the mods you go. Don't say we didn't warn ya

he is just answering to the thread, WinXP is still one of the answer of the poll
any problem?

Home premium 32bit

New user for Home Premium 32bit

Your using Home Premium or Ultimate.

xp home is vista home as to xp pro to vista ___?

what difference is business n ultimate anyway. im thinking which to go for.

thanks

XP Home = Vista Home Basic
XP MCE = Vista Home Premium
XP Pro = Vista Business

Vista Ultimate = Vista Home Premium + Vista Business

Cracked Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Oh darn.....no pirated windows here....=.=

Please do not talk/mention/post about illegal/pirated stuff/material in LYN Forum.

officially using Vista x64 now

Any problems of getting drivers regarding your specs?

no problems running it, but there is one thing weird regarding my system which i do not really know whether it is caused by my drivers or not:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=810803&hl=

that is the only problem, the rest run quite smoothly, Vista really shines on 4GB, and to utilize 4GB, x64 is the way to go

4GB is an overkill for me. Currently using 3GB. Can't reply to your thread, have no idea. PS: I don't play games neither do I do encoding.

just started using vista ultimate 32bit.....
not too familiar with it yet.....

Vista Ultimate 32-bit user for NOW...
gonna format it and install Vista Business 64-bit...

Before you format, please make sure that you have all the 64-Bit drivers.

thanks. tht quite cleared it up for me, hope u didnt make up that one. i'll bear tht in mind. anyway didnt rly ever heard of MCE b4.

y is it an overkill. is it nt good to hv 4 over 3gb?




sry ,nother question. if ulti= home+business, what is its advantage over just business? if nt significant, i might b better of wit js biz ed. tht's js a weird equation for user coming from xp ship since home is subset to xp pro (heck pro was way more 'efficient' than home for essential networking/connectivity then). well, js trying to understand the basic b4 goin for purchase , original ofc since only these things r allowed

hv a nice day.

MCE = Media Center Edition...

essentially a XP Pro with some media capabilities...

4GB is limited to 3+GB if u re using 32-bits OS... u'll need 64-bits OS to fully utilize the 4GB... else it's always the more the merrier...

simply...

Home Basic = no Aero, no Media Center, no backup function
Home Premium = got Aero, got Media Center, no backup function
Business = got Aero, no Media Center, got backup function
Ultimate = got Aero, got Media Center, got backup function, and better networking capabilities

I just love my Ultimate 64bit. Loads faster than my 32 bit.

Currently running on Vista Home Premium 32bit.

Btw do you duys update SP1? Is it necessary? Because my sound driver (SigmaTel HD Audio) isn't compatible with the update so until now haven't update it.

Yes, we'd recommend to update to SP1 as most of us have done it unless your very sure it'll cause problems for you. May we know your audio card model? Maybe I can help your locate a driver that is SP1 capable and is compatible with your audio card?

shiate....biz ed. reqs better netwkg capabilities too instead of js reserved for only ulti ed....sheesh, wat were they thinking....make more money, ofc im aware of tht

I'm using Dell Inspiron 1420 here.
Last time I checked Microsoft's website as the Windows Update doesn't shows up the option to install SP1.
There's a list of non-compatible hardwares, and the SigmaTel sound is one of 'em.



The suggested solution would be wait for the manufacturer to came out with a new driver, but I can't find a suitable one from Dell or SigmaTel's website.

For this I'm still stick with SP0 Vista.... If anyone could help me sort this out I'll be glad.

i think it's a better idea that u hunt for the drivers urself rather than to wait for Dell...

in fact SP1 is nothing that big... it's juz a package with all the cumulative updates since day 1 of Vista...

Now running Vista Ultimate 64 bit on my new desktop Happy with it.

Those are are using QuadCore should run Vista 64bit. This OS is more optimized for multicore CPU.

i need some input for users who is currently/previously using Vista Ultimate 64bits (upgrade/downgrade) from/to Vista home premium.

how you rate vista ultimate 64bits?

Currently im using Home premium 32bits. M thinking upgrade to ultimate 64 since i have 2x2gb ram, and i feel it will be a waste for not fully utilizes the ram.

smoother, more stable, no BSOD at all compared to 32-bits...

anyone experience photoshop installer error??
using vista home premium