upgrade question ( not what you think)

My lap top only has 2 gigs of ram in it. Because its DDR, the modules only come in sized up to a gig. As a result, no matter how much ram the motherboard/chipset will support, I can never have more than 2 gigs because there are only two ram slots on this board.

With that in mind, other than the ability to addres obsene amounts of ram, what other advantages are there to runing a 64 bit operating system.

I am going to put ulitmate x64 on my desk top as soon as I get time to get it done. the board it that machine can take up to 8 gigs.

so is it worth the effort to put a 64 bit os on my laptop.


thanks in advance.

I would suggest you to stay with the 32bit OS. Main problem being that since you are on a laptop, it is not always easy finding 64bit drivers for the laptop's specific hardware. Unless you need the 64bit for specific applications to crunch some numbers, the fact that you only have 2Gb of RAM in there, I think it would be best just to stick with the 32bit. What laptop do you have btw?

Vista 64bit runs well with only 2gb of ram, but make sure that you can get your 64bit motherboard drivers for it. But I don't think that it will be much of an advantage for you unless you are a heavy photoshop or similar user, if you are a gamer stick to 32bit. and DDR2 also comes in 2gb sticks very cheaply Check EBay.