I just received a new laptop loaded with Win 7 Home Premium 64bit. The laptop has 3 GB RAM.
I have a corporate license for Win 7 Professional 32bit.
I’ve read that the 64 bit version should have at least 4 GB of RAM to run efficiently. So it appears that the laptop has a handicap from the start.
If most of my work is with older business software and there is no need for any heavy duty processing like CAD, gaming, or photo manipulation, am I better off loading the 32 bit OS?
From what I’ve read, it looks like the 64 bit OS won’t really help speed up my older apps, but installing the Professional edition would give me additional functionality.
edit: had wrong version names listed
