HI

At this point I have 3103MB available RAM, out of a total of 4095MB. You are seriously telling me that I would have more available with 32-bit Windows 7?

Certainly what I have seen dual booting with freshly installed Windows 7 comparing 64 bit/32 bit.

Some performance comparisons here on 64bit/32bit Vista, considering Windows 7 compared to Vista performs the same or slower readers can decide if they think the same is true for Windows 7 or not

The outcome in summary: "In general, though, the situation with 64-bit applications and 32-bit applications on Vista 64 isn't mature yet. While a user running large data sets will almost certainly see improved performance, users with less demanding needs may actually see reduced performance. As always, check with the software supplier, and see if you can run a few tests of your own first. " http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2280808,0...

The reviewer is writing from the point of view that they should be seeing a nice performance improvement, talk about popular myth. The results are as expected.

Regards

Phil

With a 1GB video card you think that I'd have had more than 3GB of available memory with 32-bit Windows 7. Somehow I doubt it. I never used to get that much free with XP.

Hi

Another article worth a read to dispel the myth that 64 bit Windows is automatically faster because it is 64 bit!

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5709

A quote from the article:

"64-bit versions of operating systems such as Windows Vista and Windows 7 are not automatically faster than their 32-bit counterparts. In some cases, they may even perform slower because of the larger pointers as well unrelated OS overhead."

Regards

Phil

Edited by deleted (Sun 20-Dec-09 21:10:55)

I'm not surprised that they are not automatically faster than their 32-bit counterparts. I note that "in some cases" they may even perform slower; presumably this means that in some, if not most, cases they perform as well - or even faster - than their 32-bit counterparts. Taken with the extra memory they allow to be addressed this looks quite promising. But each to their own - it matters not to me what people choose to run.

I also note from the article:

For some, Windows 7 x64 Edition offers much needed performance improvement, while for others, it could needlessly complicate applications designed to operate on x86 platforms or even have a negative effect on performance.

I'd agree that the platform will only really come into it's own when more 64-bit applications are available. But it's heartening that for some (presumably I am one of them) it "offers much needed performance improvement".

If that article is supposed to support the argument against 64-bit Windows 7 it's perhaps as well not to link to one that supports it!

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Regards,
Martin

"What about if I run it within VMWare running on a Linux box. Is it an application then?"

And what exactly is the OS doing? Surely the OS just sits there.

But you keep chipping in, so you do care.

Oh I think the OS does rather more than just sit there!

Just because I choose to discuss things with my friends doesn't mean that I care what OS they run. Strange idea.

True, but MS still describes it as an OS and not an app.
By itself it doesn't do anything.