Is it better to buy 64-Bit pc?

Hi,

This may not be a very appropriate question for this forum..anyways...

In my opinion - the answer is Yes. Make sure you go for a x64 processor either from Intel or AMD. I am myself running a AMD Athlon64 3200+ and all the 32-bit applications also run fine with no issues.

Regards,
Vikram

If you can wait, I would definitely put it on hold. I'm holding out for both 64-bit and Dual Core technology to mature and to reach a point where every day aplication usage actually see a significant benefit, and not the geeky gamers trying to push an extra 10 frames per second or get an extra 10 points on some benchmark.
If you are looking to spend money, my money would be on getting something that has alot of Cache as this is a real world every day usage application booster. Intel has the Extreme edition. Not sure what or whether AMD has an equivalent for this as they were always piting the 64 and FX against the Extreme Edition. If you buy compatible and decent hardware and get plenty of ram any system will be fine as long as you maintain it properly. I run an AMD XP 1800 with 1.5GB of ram. Save for compiling large projects and attaching to the debugger, most other applications run nearly the same speed as people running modern systems with 512 or 1gb of ram. Ram, Cache, decent system maintenance and zippy hard drives.

Hi Vikram,
You're correct. In fact, my HP AMD64 MS XP Pro notebook is already running .NET 1.1! Duh! on my part. I still cannot install the VC++ tools. This is the message I receive as try to install the first disk:

"Setup has detected that another program requires the computer to reboot. You must reboot the computer before installing Visual Studion Prerequisites. Once the system reboots, you need to restart setup. Click OK to reboot. Click Cancel to exit setup and install later."

I've turned off all apps running in the background, and I've even disabled anti-virus and anti-spyware programs during the install attempts. You seem to know what you're talking about; do you have any ideas about what is going on with my machine? I've successfully installed the same software in an older Pentium III machine running XP Home.

TaddeR