Windows Vista

[dragonkx]

hi
I was wondering if there was any flaws with the vista 64 bit operating system. I have heard that if you run a 64 bit operating system there is a chance that you might burn out your cpu, etc.

[PrntRhd]

Dual core processors are already 64 bit, why would a 64 bit OS overheat it? Whoever told you that does not know enough to give advice on PCs.

[beninoS]

I've never heard of this happening. I think its BS. Maybe if you removed the heatsink and fan from your Processor at the same time that you installed the 64 bit version of Windows Vista. lol

[doktorgee]

While we're on the topic of Vista, does anyone know how backward compatible it is? I've got loads of 32 bit and 16 bit software, also quite a bit of old DOS software that I'd still like to use.

Victor

[SufferWell1396]

if i stand correct, 64-bit Vista doesnt even try to remain backwards compatible with 16-bit things. 32-bit however, you should be okay

[123456]

16 bit wise, it's similar to XP. Some programs didn't work...(with 32 bit version of Vista)

[alex666]

While we're on the topic of Vista, does anyone know how backward compatible it is? I've got loads of 32 bit and 16 bit software, also quite a bit of old DOS software that I'd still like to use.

Victor

I have an Intel C2D system I built with XP as my main OS. I had a lot of older games like Motocross Madness 2 and Motocross Madness 2 installed that my son really likes. But I was curious about Vista, and was able to get Home Premium at a good price. So I installed it on a separate hard drive as an experiment, something to play with. I figured it would take a while to sort out all the incompatibilities and lack of drivers and such. I had XP on its own hdd, along with a separate storage drive, so I unattached both and installed Vista on a fresh raptor. I wasn't expecting much. Well, as it turned out, Vista is now my primary OS, as it has turned out to be extremely compatible with games like the two I listed above. It runs great, I love it, I have had virtually no problems installing any programs, and there are more drivers for Vista than I realized. Now this is 32-bit Vista. I also tried the 64-bit, but it didn't work nearly as well (if you buy the 32-bit, you can get the 64-bit version for only $10 extra dollars, so I did).

I'm not sure how Vista would play with old dos games, but who knows. The only problem I've had so far is with Office XP. Everything runs great except for Outlook, which cannot maintain your password. So I finally installed Thunderbird, which works fine. No great loss. And Office XP works great otherwise, very quick. I should also point out that I've got all the bells and whistles going with Vista, something I usually did not do with XP, and it still runs very quickly, I like the interface, I notice benchmark scores a bit lower, but not difference in actual game performance.

[codegamer]

64 bit oses usually abandon 16 bit support, and some 32 bit dont even work in 64 bit.
vista, i have had many compatbility problems with (lots of the apps i use dont work at all)
in my opinion, stick with 32bit xp (MCE if possible, as it is released later and a little more stable)

[alex666]

64 bit oses usually abandon 16 bit support, and some 32 bit dont even work in 64 bit.
vista, i have had many compatbility problems with (lots of the apps i use dont work at all)
in my opinion, stick with 32bit xp (MCE if possible, as it is released later and a little more stable)

Which apps don't work? I'm curious. I've installed games, old and new, Office, stuff like dvd shrink and anydvd, cutepdf, VirtualDrive, Ad-Aware and Spybot. I have not installed any dvd burning software, though I've read that an older version of Nero works, and I may try it.