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Jedi Master · Post by **Jedi Master** » 15 Jan 2007, 15:28

From what I've heard most people won't want to upgrade XP to Vista without a reload. There's a performance hit, and since DX9 itself in the early days will run slower on Vista than XP (at least until the drivers get up to snuff, maybe permanently) i see no reason to go down that road.

Gator · Post by **Gator** » 16 Jan 2007, 10:36

From what I've read, you can't upgrade WinXP x64 in-place -- not at all. That is, it must be a clean install.

Hammer · Post by **Hammer** » 16 Jan 2007, 12:11

guess i will find out...

Gator · Post by **Gator** » 16 Jan 2007, 16:41

Another Vista question, since we're on the topic.

I've seen some references to a 32 bit version and a 64 bit version of Vista. Do you really have to buy specific versions? I haven't seen anything about it on the MS site. Anyone know?

Jedi Master · Post by **Jedi Master** » 16 Jan 2007, 18:57

IIRC, both versions will be on the Vista DVD, just as it will cover all the versions of the OS and the CD key alone will determine your version.
I don't think the cheapest version will allow 64-bit, but I'm not 100% on that.
So, I think the scenario is you boot off the DVD, enter your key, then if the key is for a high enough version PLUS you have a 64 bit CPU it will give you the option to choose 32 or 64 bit.
I know you can upgrade from Home to Premium or whatever by altering the CD key (ie you buy a new key from MS and type it in and all those features come on), I don't know if you can change from 32 to 64 later, though.

Frankly, 64 bit is just not ready for prime time for most people. The few advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages of program and driver support issues. Whatever replaces Vista I'm sure will be 64-bit only and THAT'S when it will happen.

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