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Re: Column: Upgrading an AMD64 Turion Laptop to Windows XP x64 Edi
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"Tim McKinzie" wrote:
> I am in the process have having a new desktop built for me out of state which
> I bought on line. It had a Pentium 4 3.6 64 bit processor and Windows XP Pro
> 64 bit operating system. Builder emailed with problem with the inexpensive
> video card that was to come with the machine. I had already bought its
> replacement, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX which nows has a new downloadable
> driver compatible with the OS. I read your article and suggested the quid pro
> quo for losing the old video card would be that he installs XP Pro both 64
> and 32 bit as dual operating system [it has two 250 gig hard drives] and
> sends me the machine with no video card, I would install my new card and run
> it as a dual OS. He is telling me that the machine will run slow with dual
> OS. I find this hard to believe since only one OS runs at a time depending on
> which you boot and the one not running is just taking up disk space. Will a
> dual OS system run slower? And do you think dual OS makes sense for me since
> I am not sure if my brand new $11K Bizhub will work with a 64 bit OS?
> Thanks, Tim
>
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
> > thank you for the kind words. the Ferrari is certainly and awesome
> > machine which made writing the column almost a labor of love.
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 22:12:23 -0700, "Colin Barnhorst"
> > <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > >It was nice of Barb to comment so favorably on this ng. Quite a lot of work
> > >went into the column and it reads very nicely.
> > --
> >
> > Barb Bowman
> > MS Windows-MVP
> > Expert Zone Columnist
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
> >
i bort a game it sede onley worcks on 64.bm my laptol is acer 2300
"Tim McKinzie" wrote:
> I am in the process have having a new desktop built for me out of state which
> I bought on line. It had a Pentium 4 3.6 64 bit processor and Windows XP Pro
> 64 bit operating system. Builder emailed with problem with the inexpensive
> video card that was to come with the machine. I had already bought its
> replacement, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX which nows has a new downloadable
> driver compatible with the OS. I read your article and suggested the quid pro
> quo for losing the old video card would be that he installs XP Pro both 64
> and 32 bit as dual operating system [it has two 250 gig hard drives] and
> sends me the machine with no video card, I would install my new card and run
> it as a dual OS. He is telling me that the machine will run slow with dual
> OS. I find this hard to believe since only one OS runs at a time depending on
> which you boot and the one not running is just taking up disk space. Will a
> dual OS system run slower? And do you think dual OS makes sense for me since
> I am not sure if my brand new $11K Bizhub will work with a 64 bit OS?
> Thanks, Tim
>
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
> > thank you for the kind words. the Ferrari is certainly and awesome
> > machine which made writing the column almost a labor of love.
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 22:12:23 -0700, "Colin Barnhorst"
> > <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > >It was nice of Barb to comment so favorably on this ng. Quite a lot of work
> > >went into the column and it reads very nicely.
> > --
> >
> > Barb Bowman
> > MS Windows-MVP
> > Expert Zone Columnist
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
> >