Whats the diff 32-64 Vista ?

I just bought a new computer and it is 64 bit OS. I always had 32 bit and I
have
no idea what the difference is. All I could find is the it is faster (?)
Anyone know the difference, or know of a site a newbie could understand ?
Thanks

Wayne;412216 Wrote:
> I just bought a new computer and it is 64 bit OS. I always had 32 bit
> and I
> have
> no idea what the difference is. All I could find is the it is faster
> (?)
> Anyone know the difference, or know of a site a newbie could understand
> ?
> Thanks

Hi Wayne,

You can look here at the 32 bit vs 64 bit FAQs at Microsoft. It should
help some.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...701033.mspx#EO

Shawn


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On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 20:16:15 -0400, "Wayne" <> wrote:

> I just bought a new computer and it is 64 bit OS. I always had 32 bit and I
> have
> no idea what the difference is. All I could find is the it is faster (?)


A 64-bit operating system processes data in 64-bit chunks rather than
32-bit chunks. In theory it's faster, but in practice, it seldom is,
unless you are running 64-bit applications. Since there are very few
such applications yet, for most people the difference is somewhere
between tiny and non-existent.


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> I just bought a new computer and it is
> 64 bit OS. I always had 32 bit and I
> have no idea what the difference is. All
> I could find is the it is faster (?)
> Anyone know the difference, or know
> of a site a newbie could understand ?
> Thanks
http://tinyurl.com/3ycf34
http://tinyurl.com/2s5qnu


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64-bit is not faster than 32-bit.

the difference is that 64-bit can access and use 4 gigs of ram and more.

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"Wayne" <> wrote in message
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>I just bought a new computer and it is 64 bit OS. I always had 32 bit and I
>have
> no idea what the difference is. All I could find is the it is faster (?)
> Anyone know the difference, or know of a site a newbie could understand ?
> Thanks