RAM upgrade

[makilic78]

Is it worth it to upgrade 4GB to 6GB on Vista32 bit? Or change first to 64 bit OS? Thanks.

[mathewlisett]

32bit os doesnt read above 2gb i believe, so go straight to windows 7 x64 (64bit) and then upgrade the memory.

but my advice would be check the laptops drivers to see if 64bit is supported, and indeed if sony have bothered at all to do any upgrades since the orignals (as i have noticed sony seem to eb the worst at this)

[Thalamus.]

Hi makilic78,

welcome to Questions & Answers..:smileyhappy:

It useful with questions like this if we know what model vaio you have..:smileywink:

A Vista 32bit operating system can only handle a maximum of 4GB of RAM. Even with 4GB installed your oprating system will probably only show approximately 3.2GB..

[makilic78]

Yes, that what I thought. Just need to be sure. Is it really big difference between 32 bit and 64? I mean speed- wise? Sony probably is not supporting 64 bit? So clean install will be needed if I wanna get more from Ram?

OOoo Is Vaio VGN-FW4 (was customized on-line) and is ready to work with 64 bit system (checked). Thanks Guys:)

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[mathewlisett]

well if i had the choice between 32 and 64, id go straight for 64.

put it another way, every cpu these days is 64bit.

3 years ago there was hardly any software out that was with 64bit, yet now you hardly find any that isnt. and its becuase its makes everythign faster.