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reta
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Is it worth installing a Win 7 64bit OS on a HTPC just for xbmc or might I just as well go for Win 7 32bit (I'm getting a G530 cpu)?
On my desktop PC with Win 7 64bit I've encountered some compatibility issues from time to time (although not xbmc related).
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eskro
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Win 7 64bit all the way!
everything goes 64 these days....
specially if u have 4GB of ram
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Balinus
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If you don't have 4G of RAM, go with 32bits. Otherwise, you need the 64bit OS to use 4G of RAM.
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I would go for 64bit since they are of the same price with out the limitation of 32bit. Haven't had any compatibility issues with win7 64bit. If a 32bit application have issues with win7 64bit, there's normally a 64bit version available online or a newer version is available which will work with both 32/64bit.
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eskro
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yeah no worries.,,
like i said, everything is 64 these days
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reta
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Thanks for all the answers! Will go 64 bit then, especially since I forgot the avout the memory limitation. Cheers
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Guys,
Doesn't all 32bit OS's support 3.5gb of memory and with PAE enabled, it supports the full 4gb?
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eskro
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all i can say for sure is, stick to 64bit
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For Windows 7, the product key will work for both versions, all you are buying is the disk with the 32 or 64 bit version on it.
I too suggest always installing the 64bit version, if we were talking about WinXP x64 then we need to discuss further, but with Win7 there's no need for 32bit that I know of.
