Re: Just Got Me A New Puter!
Um.....BS on that statement.
I run a school's network with 100's of computers. There are ALWAYS bugs in every OS, even Snow Leopard.....
I've gone to W7 64 bit and as long as you aren't trying to print with a 20 year old printer, or use it with a 10 year old computer everything runs smooth as silk.
I don't want to use this thread to bash Win 7 because I've only used it at school and it works fine. But all we do with it is school stuff, no games of course. I do like how it seems to boot up fast from what I would call a slow computer. I'm impressed with that.
However, I'm talking about my experience with Vista 64 and how it didn't run a single game I own. That's not BS, thats my direct personal experience, and obviously, the experience of many others. I called Tigerdirect and told them my problem, called Best Buy, called friends, everyone said just get XP 32 bit and your problems will be solved. I did and it installed every single game I own flawlessly. Vista 64 did not install a single one.
So no, it doesn't have to be a 20 year old printer, it can be something as simple as FSX, the most recent version of flight simulator, or IL2 1946, an old, but recently updated WW2 flight simulator or any game older than 2008 or 2009, won't run on a 64 bit system because they are 32 bit games. This is a simple fact. This, unfortunately, is not BS and I can personally attest to it as I tried to install about 20 games made since 2001 and not a single one worked with Vista 64 and every single one worked great with XP 32 bit.
I'm a little curious as to how much computer gaming knowledge you have if you don't know simple things like this. Maybe you aren't a big game person. If you aren't then I wouldn't expect you to know this. But every single person I spoke with knew exactly what my problem was. And they were right. I'm still running Win XP in 32 bit and I love it. Every single piece of software written today, and for the last 8 years, has been written to work with this OS directly, not having to try to jam it into a newer one under the auspices of running "as" an older OS.
But I don't want to take away from this guys new computer purchase. I know he's loving it and I am glad he got it. I think he got a great deal. I'm interested in how he likes it down the road. I always have been amazed with laptop computers and how you can jam all that desktop hardware into something that fits into a briefcase. I just never had a reason to own one, but of course I know TONS of people who do. I think it's a beautiful piece of equipment and I know he's going to enjoy it for a long time to come. I just wish him luck with the 64 bit OS. The reason they put that is so it will recognize more than 3 gigs of RAM. I have 8 gigs for my computer but 4 aren't even installed because XP doesn't recognize them. If I ever did Windows 7 I would attempt to install the rest of my RAM. It would be nice to be able to use all that I purchased.
I'll have to research whether or not Win 7 in 64 bit really can run 32 bit games. I know Vista sure didn't but the OP says his 64 bit runs 32 bit games. I was told that is not possible ever because they're not compatible ever. Guess I have a lot to learn.
