Thinking of upgrading quick quesiton about x86 and x64

[aprillia99]

Ok well i have a laptop with windows vista 32bit on it and i would like to upgrade the RAM to 4gb ( the mobo can handle it) and i would like to upgrade to 7, but im not sure if i would need x86 or x64 can someone shed some light on this

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[Tepid]

Difference between 64bit and 32bit

Just also keep in mind that not all 32bit apps play nice on 64bit OS.
It's not usually a big problem,, but it does happen, and should be a slight concern.

However,, 32bit OS's are (hopefully) on their way out and 64bit will rule for a while.

 

[jfar]

Go for 64bit if you have 4 gigs of ram.