Vista - Vista64 vs. Vista32

Vista 64 vs. Vista 32 - Please specify which in the text.

At least with the 2 "Home Premium" flavors of Vista they are enough dissimilar that when someone refers to a problem, one might be well advised to specify as Vista64 or Vista32. I have both (on 2 different computers, not dual boot) and although some programs claim to be for "Vista" (sometimes true) they don't specify which Vista.
I have had installation issues with Vista64 which were not seen on Vista32. And even when installation was sucessful on both, there are problems on Vista64 but not Vista32, and occasionally the other way around.
I know from experience that a 32 bit vs. 64 bit operating system can give problems. We encountered it in Math modeling when changing from 16 to 32 bit Compilers and Hardware.

Thanks and
Cheers
Warren

Warren,

You should know that when something refers to the M$ OS, they mean 32 bit, unless otherwise specified. Most 32bit will work with x64, but x64 only work with x64.

~Lordbob

i Have vista 64bit Home premium and have never had any of the problems that come with its 32bit brother so when a client ses to me i have a problem with my Vista i know its 32bit

Theoretically I agree, certainly with regard to running 64 bit on 32 bit, but there is still the practical problem of buying a 32 bit program which runs on Vista32 but not on Vista64 which was installed standard on my new computer. And the vendor just listed "Vista". I suspect the programmers of the trouble programs did not test them on 64bit, since theoretically they should run.
It is interesting that the installation programs give as much problems as the core program. several worked fine once installed. Acronis Disk Director, for example. The installation program was almost unuseable, with such things as a ~5 sec delay between typing something and it appearing on screen.
But it takes time to get everyone up to speed, and it would not hurt to specify which flavor one is dealing with in reporting a problem.

Cheers
Warren

Hello Warren, and welcome to Vista forums.

The articles in this post can help show you most of the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit.

64-bit: More than just the RAM

Hope this helps,
Shawn