Re: Upgrading MCE to XP Pro (or 64)
- From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:34:52 -0800
I think you'll be disappointed if you think that a 64-bit OS is going to give you improved performance. All your apps, for years to come, will be 32-bit apps, and running them on a 64-bit OS will just put a 32-bit emulation layer in the path to the OS.
Wait until you *need* 64 bits for something important, unless you just love to be on the "bleeding edge".
-michael
tsluss wrote:
yeah, that's what I mentioned in my last post. I didn't want to do a hard drive wipe on my first partition since I got Office 2003, Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 on here, didn't want to load all of that up again, so I don't want to screw things up by loading 64 if it wasn't going to give me much of a boost, and don't want to start fresh again, thus load it up on the 2nd partition hehe.
Thanks for all your help though. I assumed a lot of this, but I wanted confirmation before I did anything.
"Chris H." wrote:
Oh, okay, you didn't mention that it was a 64-bit system. Why not just partition the hard drive, and run MCE on the first partition, and the 64-bit system on the second?
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Chris H.
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"tsluss" <tsluss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D8E49B45-7404-4D69-8153-CFC489C55692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Guess I should elaborate a little more...
I bought a new HP with an Athlon Turion 64 bit processor. I have checked
and there are drivers available for Win 64 for this machine (i.e. Vid card,
lan, processor, etc).
I think what I'm going to do before anything though is use it's second hard
drive and try a dual boot config (load it onto the 2nd HDD) and see how it
does that way.
"Chris H." wrote:
Back up a minute. Unless the computer is built to run XP 64, i.e., the
proper hardware on the system, you're probably wasting your time. If the
system were 64-bit hardware, I seriously doubt they'd have installed Media
Center Edition on it. I would check with the support section for the
manufacturer before you take the plunge.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"tsluss" <tsluss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C847EE4A-F00E-4F58-B86E-08E19A967B8A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alright, good to know. I'm new to using a 64bit OS and I want to make
sure
about the ramifications before I make the move. I know once you put XP 64
on
there's no going back w/o an entire reload again.
So, one last question here in regards to this so I'll know what to do.
Will
I see any signifiant improvement by going to XP 64? I know it's supposed
to
run more streamlined, but what should I expect? I know a lot of today's
software won't run properly on XP 64, but I'm primarily concerned with my
developent apps (which are primarily Microsoft apps right now).
I can get XP 64 and also the Vista beta because of my school's licensing,
and since I have a proccessor that supports them I'd like to try them.
"Chris H." wrote:
No, you would need to wipe the hard drive, IF the computer supports
64-bit
operating systems. You can't just install the 64-bit OS on any computer,
the hardware must support it.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"tsluss" <tsluss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5347D2CE-9DB9-427C-8A09-CCF45A8C2C88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Great to know! So if I upgraded to 64 bit edition (I have a Athlon 64), I assume the MCE portions will stay intact?
"Chris H." wrote:
Your computer has Windows XP Pro as the operating system. The MCE
bits
are
a separate "superset" which run on the system like any other program.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"tsluss" <tsluss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:436A30D2-012B-4011-9B12-C4B61DC8F300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I just bought my new laptop that came preloaded with MCE. I am a
college
student going for a degree in IT and have a need for XP Pro (or 64)
edition.
Luckily MCE had all the things I needed to load Visual Studio,
however
I
will
still possibly have the need to go back to Pro.
My question is, is it possible to upgrade MCE to Pro, and if so, how
much
will change? Will I lose the MCE funtionality and software? My
first
natural assumption is yes, however since Media Center is partially
software
I'm not sure if it's reliant on portions of the OS or if it's an
optimized
piece of software with special funtionality with the included
hardware.
So in essetially, will it's settings stay intact and keep Media Center, or will it be pretty much just Pro when I upgrade?
.
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