Windows Vista b6000 Ultimate Ed. installations' disk space usagesbetween 32-bit vs. 64-bit

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  1. Phillip Pi

    Phillip Pi Guest

    Hello.

    Is it me or are the installed disk usages significantly different (a few
    GB) between a 32-bit and a 64-bit installation? This is on the same
    machine (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe with an Athlon 64 3200+ 754 CPU), same
    Ultimate Edition, and similiar options in installation. I did notice an
    extra Program Files (x86) in my C:\ root directory that takes over 300
    MB. Is this the only difference that makes the disk usage different?

    Thank you in advance.
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    Phillip Pi
    Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
    ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
    Symantec Corporation
    www.symantec.com
     
    Phillip Pi, Dec 28, 2006
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    Colin Barnhorst Guest

    Yes, they are different and by about 3GB after installation.
     
    Colin Barnhorst, Dec 28, 2006
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  3. Phillip Pi

    Phillip Pi Guest

    Wow, big difference.

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    Phillip Pi
    Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
    ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
    Symantec Corporation
    www.symantec.com
     
    Phillip Pi, Dec 28, 2006
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    Bill Frisbee Guest

    If 32 bit compatibility wasn't required, it would be much closer in size.
    WoW (Windows on Windows) takes up a bunch of space.


    Bill F.
     
    Bill Frisbee, Dec 28, 2006
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  5. Phillip Pi

    Colin Barnhorst Guest

    No it doesn't. WOW64 is a very thin emulation layer that is only needed
    when a 32bit program makes operating system calls, such as drivers. 32 bit
    programs run natively on a 64bit cpu.
     
    Colin Barnhorst, Dec 28, 2006
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