32 bit vs 64 bit Comparison

Sorry LordBob I read it as the Home and Pro versions had different levels of security as I was going to put Pro on the desktop when I bought it but the dealer told me I wouldn't need it and that Home would be all I would need.

So I naturally when I saw the thread posts re networking thought should I update now to Pro on the desktop if I wanted to network my machines at home.(am a bit paranoid re security stuff)

However a couple of real nice folks have put me right on a thread I posted re networking - it's only for linking my machines for transferring files etc plus my router wireless feature is disabled anyway .

Sorry again for the confusion.

ICit2lol said:

Sorry LordBob I read it as the Home and Pro versions had different levels of security as I was going to put Pro on the desktop when I bought it but the dealer told me I wouldn't need it and that Home would be all I would need.

So I naturally when I saw the thread posts re networking thought should I update now to Pro on the desktop if I wanted to network my machines at home.(am a bit paranoid re security stuff)

However a couple of real nice folks have put me right on a thread I posted re networking - it's only for linking my machines for transferring files etc plus my router wireless feature is disabled anyway .

Sorry again for the confusion.

Sounds about right, and no worries.

~Lordbob

kdr8419 said:

How can you tell if your computer is a 64 bit computer? I like to learn new things about computers so i decided to try a linux distro along side windows. It said my computer was capable of running the new 64bit OS's...The distro was Debian 6.0, this however isnt the only distro i have played with i have tried Ubuntu 10.10 and earlier versions and Debian 6 was the only one that said i can use a 64 bit OS.. Just curious thanks

There are different versions, they will give a choice when you download it.

~Lordbob

Good info for all.

Romulinx2 said:

Good info for all.

Thanks mate.

~Lordbob

kdr8419 said:

Sorry Lordbob i left out one detail. Debian 6 told me that i could run the 64 bit os's on my computer during install.. However my windows 7 home premium is the 32 bit version bought it this way from the computer store back in october.

Most modern computers have a x64 CPU, it is the way the OS is coded that makes it x32 or x64. Windows still sells a lot of x32 OSes standard, though that is slowly changing.

~Lordbob