Hi,
I bought last month a new PC, it is an Intel Core 2 Duo 64-bit – the retailer didn’t even told me its 64-bit, coz he said that there are no 32-bit Core 2 Duo here in the Philippines.
But since Vista wasn’t released then, I opted to get WinXP Pro, and since I don’t know that my PC’s a 64-bit, I ended up with a WinXP Pro 32-bit.
My first question then is, will WinXP Pro 32-bit take advantage of the 64-bit features? I understand from a preliminary research, I won’t be able to use the memory block thingy, but are there any other 64-bit features that I can use?
My second question is should I upgrade to Vista 64-bit now or wait a little longer for the drivers to get updated to 64-bit? Coz I don’t want to end up with a PC with o 64-bit drivers.
Finally, correct me if I’m wrong, if I’m using a 64-bit OS like Vista, I won’t be able to run DOS applications anymore right? Unless I use a DOS-shell app?
PS
Turned out, Intel do not sell Intel Core 2 Duo 32-bit here in the Philippines and Microsoft isn’t selling WinXP Pro 64-bit here… :/ so my only option really is Vista 64-bit which as of the time of this writing, it’s Vista’s launch party here.
Thank you very much!!
