Hello everyone, my first post here. I still don't have Vista x64 (although I would want to!), and a lot depends on this topic whether I will get it...
In the past 2-3 days I had my heart set on getting a new PC from Mesh Computers, a nice Intel Quad Core with nVidia 8800 GT. Very recently, they started putting 8 GB of RAM, so quite naturally I assumed that they were rolling them out with Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Just today I have found out that they do not support Vista x64 at all, and that every system is x32. When I asked them why are they giving x32 platforms that can't read more than 3.2 Gb of RAM, they couldn't really explain (apart from trying to pull a story how Vista SP1 x32 magically can adress up to 7.5 Gb). Long story short, they don't do x64, and don't intend to in the near future, as they don't want to support a x64 platform which had lots of problems with hardware.
Having asked on few techie forums, I've found out that in fact many of x64 drivers are now fairly good and most of hardware problems are solved. And generally, everyone agrees that even if nVidia 8800 x64 drivers may not be as optimised as x32, the ability to have 8 Gbs rather than 3.2 would greatly overcompensate. So I really wanted a Vista x64.
Seeing that with Mesh I would get a licensed Vista Home Premium x32, how much would an "upgrade" from Microsoft be in the UK? It's not really an upgrade, it would be the same product on a different platform, so I'd hope that it's not too expensive?
Thanks
In the past 2-3 days I had my heart set on getting a new PC from Mesh Computers, a nice Intel Quad Core with nVidia 8800 GT. Very recently, they started putting 8 GB of RAM, so quite naturally I assumed that they were rolling them out with Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Just today I have found out that they do not support Vista x64 at all, and that every system is x32. When I asked them why are they giving x32 platforms that can't read more than 3.2 Gb of RAM, they couldn't really explain (apart from trying to pull a story how Vista SP1 x32 magically can adress up to 7.5 Gb). Long story short, they don't do x64, and don't intend to in the near future, as they don't want to support a x64 platform which had lots of problems with hardware.
Having asked on few techie forums, I've found out that in fact many of x64 drivers are now fairly good and most of hardware problems are solved. And generally, everyone agrees that even if nVidia 8800 x64 drivers may not be as optimised as x32, the ability to have 8 Gbs rather than 3.2 would greatly overcompensate. So I really wanted a Vista x64.
Seeing that with Mesh I would get a licensed Vista Home Premium x32, how much would an "upgrade" from Microsoft be in the UK? It's not really an upgrade, it would be the same product on a different platform, so I'd hope that it's not too expensive?
Thanks