It is my understanding that your product key will work for either 32 or 64 bit, or at least that is the case for my version of Windows Ultimate. One big consideration when deciding whether or not to go with 64 bit is the availability of 64 bit drivers for your peripherals. In my case, there were no 64 bit drivers for my Epson 1660 scanner and I didn't feel like having to purchase a new scanner just to go 64 bit. In addition, my machine currently only has 2gb of memory so there was no real advantage to going 64bit in my situation.
--Regards, --Rick alfaro [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Keith Hinton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:15 PM To: 'GW Micro' Subject: 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Advantages with Window-Eyes/Disadvantages Hi, I was wondering what possible advantages/disadvantages Window-Eyes presents in a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows? Are there huge advantages? Any major good reasons to stay on a 32-bit system over a 64-bit operating system? On a side note, while this is not necessarily Window-Eyes specific, I'm not sure if this is anything that any Windows Seven people could answer, does anyone know if the product key used to activate Windows determines if the product is 32-bit only or 64-bit? I'm considering putting 64-bit Windows on this 4GB RAM machine. At present, 32-bit Windows "sees" 4GB, but only lets me utilize 2.96GB of RAM. But will the product key care or be an issue? Let me know! P.s. What time this weekend specifically are we "springing forward"? Regards, --Keith If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
