Microsoft Windows 7 And Vista – 64 bit vs 32 bit Pro And Con

June 11, 2009 · Filed Under Software 
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Windows 7 is here, promised to be a whole lot more stable than Windows Vista, Microsoft is anticipating Windows 7 to be a runaway success when it is launched this coming August or September. One of the main feature of Windows 7 is its 64-bit operating system technology, not that previous OS doesn’t support 64-bit, perhaps it is time the much awaited transaction gain the required momentum.

Microsoft Windows 7 And Vista - 64 bit vs 32 bit Pro And Con

The benefit from using a 64-bit computer

The benefits of using a 64-bit processor and operating system is the ability to amount large random access memory (RAM). A typical operating system and processor with 32bit technology can only handle 4GB of RAM, however, a 64-bit operating system and processor a larger allocation, which in turn allows a much more responsive computing experience.

64-bit version of Windows, drivers, hardware and software required

To truly experience the 64-bit experience, you’ll need a 64-bit driver, operating system, hardware, and software. Now, imagine a highway with 64 lanes and once it reaches the city it is narrowed down to 32 lane, this would create a bottleneck, thus reducing the traffic flow. Same goes with computers, everything must be compatible or else it doesn’t make any sense to switch over.

Summary of Pro and Con of 64-bit Processor

  • 16 bit application will not work anymore.
  • Existing 32 bit drivers does not work on a 64 bit operating system.
  • Unsigned kernel-mode drivers no longer work.
  • Very little x64 software currently exists.
  • Vista and Windows 7 x64 currently does not backward support most x86 (32-bit) drivers.
  • Running some 32 bit applications on a 64 bit OS could actually be slower.
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Comments


  1. Jeb

    June 14th, 2009
    1

    It’s nice to live in a time where every OS is practically useless with modern software and/or hardware.

    I’ve always wondered, did apple go through this same ordeal (to this day) during the switch to Intel chips, or was this just a massive hardware problem (but more convenience for programmers) for Microsoft to bring people into the “not 5 years ago” 64 bit technology age?


  2. John

    June 22nd, 2009
    2

    It takes along time for people to accept change and because the backwards compat is pretty bad at the moment, you get people like me with hundreds of PC games wondering if there 32-bit software will run on the new 64bit OS’s


  3. myles

    June 23rd, 2009
    3

    I use x64 Vista SP2. All my games and programs run fine. Took awhile to get proper drivers for my Ideazon keyboard but finally got that sometime last year.


  4. Rumburak

    July 20th, 2009
    4

    Vista ultimate x64 SP2 runs great, all games I threw at it so far, dx9 and dx10, no probs


  5. zhuzhiyan

    September 22nd, 2009
    5

    I hate fax machines. PamFax is saving my sanity: fax from your Mac!


  6. faulkner

    October 30th, 2009
    6

    I used to use Windows Vista X86 SP2 with 4GB DDR2 RAM then it used only 300MB when applications do not work expect Kaspersky IS 2009 an some of background applications
    but I made a new installation and installed the 64bit and enable the Memory Remaping then it used more than 1GB always.!!!

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