Re: Can I install a 32bit WinXP on a 64bit hardware ?
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:02:51 -0700
Steven Prasil wrote:
Because some programs do not run on my WinXP 64bit installation I am
thinking about to install a 32 bit WinXP on my 64 bit hardware.
Is this possible in general?
Yes, no problem at all. *Many* people, myself included, do this.
How much percent will be the performance loss approx?
That depends on whether you are currently running 32-bit apps or 64-bit
apps. Since you are planning on running your apps under 32-bit Windows, I
assume they are 32-bit apps. In that case, the answer to your question is
that the performance loss will hardly be any greater than 0%.
Running a 64-bit operating system has almost no benefit unless you also run
64-bit apps under it.
I would like to get an impression of how many people have done such
an installation.
Hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
All the new hardware motherboards and CPUs are 64bit but there a only
a few
usenet postings and sales numbers for 64 Bit WInXP.
So I assume that a lot of users must run 32 bit WinXP on 64 bit
hardware.
Exactly.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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