In message <2db0861f081527074f735c4ba3bb3727[ at ]nntp-gateway.com> Tricky
Dicky <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> was claimed to have wrote:
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>Would appreciate advice or comments.
>
>I have a pre installed OEM Vista Ultimate 64 bit OS on an ASUS
>Motherboard with AMD Phenom Quad Core 2.6 GHz and 8 MB Ram. There are
>two 250 GB Hard discs set up as a Mirror Raid
>
>Despite assurances from my software supplier my main software will not
>run on the 64 bit system and as alternatives are prohibitive in cost,
>reluctantly I will need to install the 32 bit system, until they re
>write the software.
>
>I have purchased a full version of Vista Ultimate which hopefully (when
>it arrives)has both systems on the disc.
One thought, what type of software? Since you now have two Vista
licenses, if you just have one particularly broken piece of software and
it doesn't need to interact directly with hardware, you can install
Virtual PC and run a 32-bit/x86 version of Vista within Virtual PC,
while keeping your main OS x64.
Also be aware that your 8 GB (assuming you meant GB) of RAM will largely
go to waste in x86, if you're lucky you'll see a little over 3GB of RAM,
the rest will be completely unused.
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