Re: Want to use 64-bit instructions, where to begin?
- From: "Harold Aptroot" <harold.aptroot@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:53:38 +0200
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but, alas, to get 64-bit Windows, one can use Vista or Windows 7...
neither option is particularly compelling IMO...
You know about XP Pro x64 (really just win 2k3 x64 + themes) right? I'm using it right now, and I've got to say that aside from the occasional 16bit program that won't run, it is quite nice.
I tried using it once before (some-odd years back), and the thing barely worked...
It does now, there are proper drivers now
yep.
so, then it may be a better option than just using the Win 7 beta?... (ok, nevermind that the Win7 beta will time-out by next year, hrmm, using it for any length of time one might have to "party like it's 1999", or install a non-beta version...). either way, I had downloaded it, mostly as, at present, I have no other 64-bit Windows around which I can reasonably expect to work...
but, yes, non-working HW was just one of my many issues with it at the time, ...
at the time it was about like trying to use Windows perpetually in safe-mode, and with a good majority of software crashing on startup...
granted, this was maybe about 2005 or 2006 or so from what I remember...
I am paranoid though that if I installed the same version, it would just give me the same crap all over again.
I guess trying either Win7 or XP64, I could disconnect my main drives and install on an external USB drive (recently I did similar for installing Linux "on" my laptop).
alas though, I would need to find an extra/free external HD...
or I could use an older IDE/ATA drive (at least my motherboard has slots for this).
hmm...
Hm I don't know, I tried W7 x64 in virtual box, the 64bit part about it didn't seem to make much of a difference, but even with UAC disabled it still had a whole lot of typical Vista-ish behaviour - like "no you can not delete this file, you don't own it" even though you log in as admin and clearly own the whole bloody machine - including all files that may be on it. I'm there is some sort of fix for that but it's bad that it does that by default..
But with XP x64 I haven't been having any crap, but then I don't even have a printer and they are most notorious for failing to provide 64bit drivers.. I heard even JSOP uses XP x64 though, and I rarely hear about, so it can't be too bad - if it would have given him any crap at all we'd all know it lol
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