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Postby yancovitch » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:29 am

i'm sure this has been addressed before, but i can't find....am planning to upgrade to a new computer and i assume that 64 bit is preferable...are there many addon aircraft which will not work here?......

also, was going to wait for windows-7 to come out cause i thought i read that it would be more like win-xp. now nick says no...vista with another name...

also was hoping to build a system close to what nick recommended above....i wonder  how much it would cost? and how long before the prices go down...any chance within the next 3 months you think?
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Re: 32/64

Postby expat » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:49 pm

I am running Vista 64 and have had no problems with FSX compatibility either with addons or aircraft. In fact I have not had any problems with any software I am running. I am running FSX on my laptop (Vista 64) and my desktop (Vista 32) and to my layman's eyes I can notice no difference.....................however, over to NickN ;D

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Re: 32/64

Postby charlesed » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:18 pm

I've been running various versions of XP, Vista, and 7 on several different computers and I've only ever run into one compatabilty problem, and that was with an old TV tuner.

People tend to be quick to assume a problem is Windows fault. :P
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Re: 32/64

Postby Flight Ace » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:42 pm

[quote]i'm sure this has been addressed before, but i can't find....am planning to upgrade to a new computer and i assume that 64 bit is preferable...are there many addon aircraft which will not work here?......

also, was going to wait for windows-7 to come out cause i thought i read that it would be more like win-xp. now nick says no...vista with another name...

also was hoping to build a system close to what nick recommended above....i wonder
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Re: 32/64

Postby yancovitch » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:12 pm

thank you flight ace.....will do some window shopping...i sent you a pm......vic
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Re: 32/64

Postby Mazza » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:29 am

Windows 7 is Vista with new name, BUT ALL THE FATTY PROGRAMS OFF IT! It uses LES system then XP whilst 32bit will let me use 4Gb of RAM I think 6, so I would get Windows 7 ;)
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