Unless you choose 64-bit you will shortly encounter some memory issues. Plus, as more and more apps are optimized to run on 64-bit machines, you will fall farther and farther behind the performance curve.
I hated Vista with a purple passion but I'm very happy with Win7/64. Just remember to take it out of Billy-knows-best mode by disabling its insistence on driver signing. I use Kaspersky and find it perfectly satisfactory but you are correct, Neal (to whose expertise I bow) and lots of other people swear by NOD32. Good luck with it! Bill On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Jeff Campbell <[email protected]>wrote: > I am about to install a new Crucial CT128M4SSD2 M4 series SATA 3 128Gb SSD > in my computer, and need to decide whether to use Windows 7 32 bit or 64 > bit > (I have Pro versions of each available). I seem to remember reading about > difficulties with certain Flex related applications running under 64bit, > but > I am tempted to go this route because of the greater memory addressable > (presently 4Gb but I can increase it). I intend running only 'mainstream' > non-radio applications (Office 2010, Chrome, Photoshop, etc.) as well of > course as FlexRadio applications: PowerSDR, Ham Radio Deluxe Logbook, VAC > 4.09, VSP Manager, etc. Are all these happy running in 64 bit? And what > seems to be the choice of antivirus software - I note that ESET's NOD32 4 > is > specified in Neal Campbell's systems, so I guess that is a good > recommendation. > > > > I'd appreciate any feedback from users. > > > > Jeff > > G4IUA > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
