Sigh... Vista x64 can bite me...

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

I am having the most irritable time with Vista x64. Sure, it runs. Boots slow, but if I wait a minute or two, it's all fine to use.

The major issue I'm having is my phone utility not working... I use this to create playlists on my phone (I use it as an MP3 player). Sadly, Vista x64, Nokia PC Suite, and iTunes 7.6 (something called GEAR that comes with it) don't play well together. Nokia denies this happening, though thousands of people out there have this problem.

Well, I come to my dilemma. Should I forgo 1GB of memory and hit up Vista x86? Overall, my system ran a LOT smoother with x86 (I couldn't tell you why).

If you say to find another phone utility, well, none exist... That makes playlists anyways.

Gah, if only x86 supported more memory....

[Yellowhello]

You could leave all 4GB of RAM in and switch to x86. I believe the system can use all 4GB even if you can't... I could be wrong though.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

The x86 counts that 4GB total that it theoretically supports and includes physical RAM and the page file. You can't have more than 4GB total in a x86 environment, so Windows will cut out the excess.... Only solution is x64. But this solution is futile until Nokia gets their head outta their asses.

[Reloadron]

Just my opinion but I would run with the x86 version. Though for most applications, even those written for a 32 bit platform Vista seems to perform well with the 64 bit platform there still seems to be a large number of unhappy campers out there over some applications.

The largest number of people I see gravitate to the 64 bit version is for the ability to use more RAM. My general applications are photo editing with large files (RAW Image Files) and Vista x86 works just fine with 4 GB of RAM shoved in the systems.

Vista 64 just like XP 64 will shine at their best only when software writers create software actually designed to run on the platforms.

Just My Take...
Ron

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Aye, good point... I'm definitely leaning back towards Vista x86... everything works dandy on x64 BUT my phone... which totally sucks... haha.

And come around installing Vista SP1, it will TELL you that you have 4GB installed... you just can't use all of it.

It's not like I was gonna use that extra 800MB of RAM anyhow. :)... I guess a clean install is in my future.

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by Reloadron

Just my opinion but I would run with the x86 version.

Agreed. While running Vista 64-bit looks more appealing on paper with the full RAM utilization, you want to use what works for your situation. And in this case, that sounds like Vista 32-bit.

[azianai]

its like the problem i had b4 with itunes not supporting vista 64 bit. couldn't use the iphone or ipod touch. In the end, i returned my ipod touch, but yeah i still like 64 bit since i dualboot XP anyway.

[RangerXLT8]

Use Winamp it should work. It's great for portable media players...

[azianai]

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

Use Winamp it should work. It's great for portable media players...

problem for me was that you NEED to use itunes to "activate" your ipod touch (same with your iphone). So there was no getting around itunes initially.

[screwballl]

I found that to use x64, you can't expect to use much anything beyond the OS itself... additional programs like mentioned here only shows its true bugs