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Yesterday I bought new laptop which comes with Windows 8.1 64 bit edition. I'm able to install, run both 32 & 64 bit softwares(Ex. VLC). Which is recommended? 32 or 64 bits? Reason(s) please.
In my old laptop, already I have a big collection(around 5-7GBs) of 32 bit softwares. So if 64 bit is recommended, I'll download 64 bit versions of those softwares. Else, I'll use the same collection from my old laptop.
Based on my search I got few results on 64 bit like Memory allocation(not limited to 4GB), Don't support old drivers(32 bits), etc.,
Your opinions please. Thank you.
This is the first time I use 64 bit OS for my personal use.
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Rage wrote: 64, because you can you're worth it 
FTFY 
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Mika Wendelius wrote:
64, because you can you're worth it you're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggonit people like like you.
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As far as i know you should stay with 64x because you can, 32bit sw should run on it too, so why even think about grading down ?
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HobbyProggy wrote: so why even think about grading down ?
I'm new to 64 bit so this thread
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As far as I know given you can process 64 bits at once it would be better staying at 64 versions...
i.e. I'm using handbrake and MKVMerge GUI to process films to be able to see them on the smarttv... with 64 bits versions everything goes smoother and faster.
Enjoy! 
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I remember the same question being asked going 8->16 and 16->32. If it's supported then use the bigger words, it makes sense and usually the new shiny is better then the old shiny; unless it's an iPhone.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: usually the new shiny is better then the old shiny; unless it's an iPhone.
Hey, don't be so down on the iphone.
The latest one is almost as good as the phone I bought two years ago.
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With the added bonus that if it's too big for your pocket you can fold it up
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Yes, I miss foldy phones, so it's nice of them to bring that back.
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64-bit Graphics and video apps should theoretically work more efficiently, because they have the potential to access memory in bigger chunks, but I have to admit that I've never noticed any difference in performance.
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This is what I want. Yep, I'm gonna use some graphics softwares. Also few video apps.
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From a security standpoint. 64bit addressing makes ASLR[^] a lot more effective making it harder for attackers to exploit software.
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The only reason I can see that you might want to install SOME 32 bit software is if you have to support a solution where a file format is different (e.g., Access). In such cases you can still install 32 and 64 bit side-by-side.
Go 64, you'll only regret it later if you don't.
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The answer that you don't want to hear: It depends.
In general, use the 64 bit version because of all the reasons stated above.
However, in some cases (albeit fewer and fewer these days as 64 bit has become mainstream) the 64 bit versions will not have the same feature set as the 32 bit version. Anything with a large plugin ecosystem will generally suffer from this as the plugins will have to be recompiled as 64 bit and that's up to the plugin developer to do, not the platform developer.
ex: If you could get a 64 bit version of Firefox, but Adblock only worked on the 32 bit version, would you really want to upgrade?
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32-bit software run on 64-bit if the drivers are available. If you have some special software you should take care.
I would stick to 64-bit because it is the future and has more address space ... 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Stay with 64-bit unless the software vendor only offers 32-bit.
Jeremy Falcon
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64-bit.
Ok, so you're the one to ask. When I download the .zip files that are attached to the Code Project Articles that you write, do you get a notification?
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No notification is given, but one can look in their reputation history and see that someone downloaded one of the files.
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Whatever one the developers and testers actually target for most of their development, which is increasingly 64-bit. That said, few of my apps are 64-bit.
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Hi All,
Today i was trying to change my code project styles. And i could change some part but i got stuck in some parts. I tried a lot and i used the following css .
.sidebar {
border-radius: 30px;
}
td.member-rep-list{
border: 2px solid #ccc !important;
border-radius: 50px !important;
height: 100px !important;
padding: 10px !important;
width: 50px !important;
}
.member-rep-list .member-rep-box{
border: 2px solid #ccc !important;
border-radius: 50px !important;
height: 100px !important;
padding: 10px !important;
width: 50px !important;
}
My side bar style is working fine but the other style is not adopting. Now i noticed that the td classes are different as follows
member-rep-box bronze
member-rep-box nostatus
member-rep-box silver
member-rep-box none
It may vary for you.
NB: I am saying about the td part where our points are showing under "Summary".
Please help me.
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Since that is CP-internal thing, better post it in:
http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx[^]
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