I am running most of, or all, of those software packages under Win 7 64 bit
with no problems whatever.
64 bit is rapidly becoming the "standard" installation of Win 7: Most OEMs
are installing 64 bit by default. You do want to get the signed version of
VAC. I have turned off User Account Control (UAC), but I leave Windows 7
firewall on. I also run eSet, at Neal's recommendation. I found the other
big ones too intrusive, and not as effective.
Here's a hint- be sure your SSD is running under AHCI rather than IDE.
AHCI includes some good things, and the read/write performance will be a bit
better. My windows experience score on a new SSD went from 7.1 to 7.7 (out
of 8) upon switching from IDE to AHCI. If you install Windows 7 while the
SSD is already installed, I believe Windows will use AHCI. If you mount the
SSD after Windows 7 is installed, I'm not sure if you'll get IDE or AHCI.
Either way, a simple Registry edit will get AHCI running.
Jim KJ2P
MCP
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 6:50 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Flexradio] SSDs and Windows 7 32/64 bit
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).
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