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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem is that Microsoft makes it too difficult to support 64-bit Windows and thus, support it poor and if you choose to run a 64-bit Windows, then you most likely WILL NOT be able to run all the software you want to or use all the hardware you want to.
So the best solution is to stick with a 32-bit Windows.
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I have five PCs in the house - three running 32-bit Vista, one running 64-bit Windows 2008 Server (and, via vmware, gentoo linux), and one running 64-bit Vista.
I've had very very few compatibility problems with the x64 operating systems. I've had none so far that haven't been easily to resolve. I came here because I had a problem installing the sony PRS-505 software - I didn't realise it's a x64 bit issue. I'm sure it'll be easy to resolve - as another poster has said, one can disable the requirement for driver signing.
In terms of the advantages of x64 Vista - it's definitely more stable. I don't mean that it crashes less often, but that there are a few oddities (which I've seen on many Vista x86 boxes) which simply don't occur on the x64 version (deleted files occasionally still appearing in folders until after a reboot, even though they're not really there etc.). In terms of performance, I don't see any significant difference really.