[dba-Tech] 64 vs. 32 Bit

Hi John,
For the desktop, I feel pretty confident about installed W2k8 Server and the
building a number of VM's including a development VM.

But if I buy a new laptop with 6 GB would you install Vista Ultimate 64 bit,
or would you consider formatting the new machine and trying to run Win 2K8
on a laptop, I am worrying about drivers and compatability of audio, video,
blue tooth etc.

Actually as I type this, I think that following is best

Laptop - install 64 Vista Ultimate and any VM I care for
Desktop - Install 64 Win2K8 and any VM I care for

Thanks

MArk



2009/6/18 Tydda Jon - Slough <jon.tydda at lonza.com>

> We have several servers here using Vmware. The servers themselves run 64bit
> Windows OS, but they contain virtual machines with both 64 and 32 bit Oses,
> so I think that's the way forward.
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:44 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] 64 vs. 32 Bit
>
> Hello Arthur and Jon,
> I am currently thinking of buying some hardware, but not sure which OS to
> go for.
>
> Regardless of which OS and hardware, I intend to include a few VM machines,
> so I may bey 6 or even 8 GB ram.
>
> If I buy a laptop, will I install Vista 64 bit Ultimate, and then put my VM
> platform on that Or wil I try to installed Windows 2003 or even Windows 2008
> Server on the laptop and use that as the VM platform
>
> I may alternately buy a desktop, so act as a server, so in that case, I
> guess I will install Win 2K8 and add my VM machines to it freely.
>
> But I am nervous about 64 bit OS and comaptability problems I am sure to
> encounter.
>
> On thing that is clear is that if I wish to use from that 3 GB then I have
> to make the switch to 64 bit.  I suppose we are all going to do that over
> the next 12 - 18 months.
>
> I am thinking if the 50 or so apps that I currnetly run on my 32 bit
> laptop, will they mostly run on a 64 bit OS?
>
> or alternately will i have to have a 32 bit OS running as a VM within the
> laptop?  Is anyone doing that?  ie, runing 64 bit OS, with Vista or XP32 bit
> running smootly and older apps all working happily inside the VM
>
> Thanks for any thoughts you may have
>
>
> MArk
>
>
>
> 2009/6/17 Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>
> > Yes, the 32 bit version can only consume 3GB of your RAM, so to use it
> > all you have to go to the 64 bit version.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> > > No, XP 32 bit will use the processor (I've got one in my desktop),
> > > but you'll need 64 bit to use all that RAM.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > >
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