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Geek Culture / Will my Processor support 32 bit?

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Raybrite2
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Posted: 26th Jun 2009 12:17
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I juar bought a new Intel Dual Core 2 E7400 Processor. The box says it has Intel 64 Architecture for 64-bit computing.
Will this run Windows XP Professional?
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 26th Jun 2009 12:31
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Yes. In fact unless you install a 64-bit OS it will ONLY operate in 32-bit! (which means you'll totally waste the potential of your CPU)


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David R
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Yes

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Raybrite2
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Posted: 26th Jun 2009 13:09
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Maybe later I will purchase another operating system. I am downloading this one right now.
I am just trying to make certain I have enough for the next 8-10 years which is how long I usually keep my computers before they won't run much of anything.
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JoelJ
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Posted: 26th Jun 2009 19:56
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I've heard that the 64 bit version of XP pro works. But I have had the opposite experience. It was a mess trying to get anything to work (iTunes was pretty much impossible).
Vista 64, however, I have had 0 problems with

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Jeku
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Quote: "I've heard that the 64 bit version of XP pro works. But I have had the opposite experience. It was a mess trying to get anything to work (iTunes was pretty much impossible)."


Ditto. MSN wouldn't work at all. IE would freeze on loading, and the same with Firefox. There were loads of other compatibility issues, so I just ended up using XP Home 32bit again.

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Raybrite2
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Posted: 27th Jun 2009 07:44
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I ended up installing a copy of VISTA Premium 32 bit I had laying around. I had purchased it for another computer that was too old and it wouldn't install on that one.
Now I finally made my home network operational so we have Internet on both computers.(It helps to read the instruction manual.)
I was up until 3:30 setting things up and back up again this morning at 7AM.
Now I am downloading programs and resetting my Favorites files.
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