Old one, Vista: 64 Vs 32?

Ok, so I got a new HDD today. Got Vista Ultimate waiting

Now, 64 or 32?

1. I do no memory intensive work which would absolutely require it IMO.
Mostly games and movies.

2. Gonna leave a 50Gb partition for the OS, sufficient I hope?

3. I have 2Gb RAM as of now. Dont see a need for more. Me not gonna upgrade just to run 64bit well Till I dont need it at least

4. Any major performance diff between the two?

5. Most apps available are still 32bit, right? so my current downloaded installs etc will run fine?

6. CON: If I have to download any 64 bit versions of programs, then ll need to keep both, cos me dual booting with Xp 32.

Please leave your suggestions

No problems going with Vista x64 now. Tech site Anandtech (anandtech dot com) has long moved to Vista x64 for benchmarks and they claim there is no problem whatsoever with it.

While I do not use the x64 version the 32bit home premium version works flawlessly. Just a suggestion. If you will be installing games/applications in the OS paritition then create a 120GB partition. With the default setup taking 15GB the remaining space gets filled up pretty quick.

Use XP x64 and Vista x86 in dual boot, best combo IMO. XP x86 is obsoletted

I always install games etc in other partition, so they r intact if I format OS partition.

Hey,

1. Any performance hit if I run 64bit Vista on "only" 2Gb RAM?
2. I think I will be fine because I mostly install games on separate partition My xp partition is currently 15Gb with only 5Gb space used Now what do you think?

@sidhu: I do teh same with my games
Also, cant use Xp64 cos me stable on 32, + dont have xp64 Vista I have a brand new installation to do so can change

Dude U can use XP x64 with 2GB RAM, its not bloatware, U can enjoy 64bit stability too. trust me its fastest OS I have ever experienced.

hehe..i kno, i kno. But like I said, I have a stable 32 setup and dont wanna mess it up in ANY way Thats why installing Vista on a different disk entirely. Will switch as required while booting

i've been using vista x64 with 2gb ram for over a year now, no probs till now, all hardware intense games also work well...

It's only a matter of time before topics like these will end up with the thread getting locked and someone going to prison for piracy. You guys discuss operating systems like it's tea or coffee, 5-10 bucks a cup.

Just kidding, you're absolutely safe as long as you don't mix religion, politics AND piracy. The former two could get you jailed lol.

FYI...i ve a genuine version of vista ultimate waitin to install it tho

Did lots of googling:

goin for the 32bit by the way. I see nothin going for the 64bit version right now based on my usage. future change, who knos. Right now, all my apps are 32bit, and i use nothin that requires that much memory to go >2Gb

Found some useful info:
sysops at that link has links to some useful articles on the topic.

XP prof 64 & Vista Ultim 64 dual boot. can't get better.

U need licenses for both first legally speakin i mean

Me already went with xp32 and vista ultimate 32 for now (sp1 was already integrated in the installation ) Took me 4 hours but finally got everything installed just the way i want it

Techie007 or whatever your name is I happen to own orig copies of Win XP 32 and Vista X64. My office gave me a legal key for XP 64.

^^FYI the 64 bit version (genuine) is sold seperately. The DVD which I bought clearly says 64 bit software only. So if you have an original version curious as to which version you have i.e. 32 or 64 bit. Or did you buy both versions?

No offense but you get my curiousity about a 11K costing OS.

lol if you knew where I work you wouldn't ask me whether I use orig. or pirated stuff

@vandal...
it shouldnt be tough for you to read his id.. should it?

techie got a copy of vista from a friend/collegue who works in MS thru some sorta epp program. and afaik he had a copy of xp before that..

Using Vista x64 for over 6 months now, no problems. Actually I do not even have XP installed anymore and currently no plans to install either.

I'll be keeping Linux on the other HDD and may be a "BSD like" OS too. THe good part of having 4 hdds. I can keep each OS completely separate from each other. No boot sector mess ups.