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1029usr078198
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 Posted - February 05 2009 : 21:27:31
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Question: What is the difference between 32-bit Vista and 64-bit Vista?
Answer: The biggest difference you’ll notice is that your drivers have to match, because some devices, especially cellular modem cards, don’t have 64-bit drivers available yet. Remember that a driver is a little piece of software that acts like a translator between Windows and your computer’s devices. Your application programs can still be written as 32-bit programs, but your drivers can’t be. Other differences are memory size. 64-bit supports far more memory than the 4GB limit of 32-bits. Speed is another difference. With 64-bits cruising around at a time instead of 32, the processor can move twice as much data at any given moment.
Cool Site: primopdf.com: Would you like to create PDF files? In September, we talked about a program to read PDF files, but we left out the creation aspect. Go to primopdf.com and you’ll find a free program that lets you turn anything you can print into a PDF file.
Eddie: What was a PDF again?
David: PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It’s the format used by Adobe Reader, many E-Books, and the Foxit Reader we looked at back in September. Because of the reader programs, documents in PDF format are available to just about every computing device in the world. You download PrimoPDF, which is free. You install it, and it adds a new printer. From that point on, anything you can print in Windows can become a PDF by printing it to the PrimoPDF printer.
Cool Gadget: Acer Aspire One: Acer’s new Aspire One is one of a class of notebook computer called a netbook. A netbook is bigger than a PDA but smaller than a laptop, has full laptop functionality, and runs the same Windows XP as your Home computer, or they may run Linux. They also usually have a Solid State hard drive, a cool gadget from last spring, and often sport Intel’s Atom processor, yet another cool gadget we talked about last June. The Acer Aspire One comes in several colors, has an 8.9-inch screen, an Atom processor and a gigabyte of RAM. Depending on model, it may have a 16GB solid state hard drive, or a 160GB regular hard drive. You’ll get better battery life out of the solid state hard drive model, because it’s not using battery power spinning that drive. You can also get it with either Linux, or Windows XP Home.
It's All "Geek" To Me: System Unit: The term System Unit is one of those technical terms in the same way that “crazy as a loon” or something is a technical term. It refers to the box part of the computer. It’s the computer itself, but not the monitor, keyboard, mouse, or anything else you connect to it from the outside. “The box” is OK, but you’ll sound more intelligent using System Unit. You should also know that when you take your computer in for service, the System Unit, and possibly your software discs, mainly the Windows disc, is all you need to take in unless your computer has an external power supply.
Links
32 vs 64-bit Windows at Lockergnome:
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2009/01/07/32-bit-vs-64-bit-windows/
Primo PDF:
http://www.primopdf.com
Acer Aspire One:
http://www.acer.us/aspireone/
System Unit on TechTerms:
http://www.techterms.com/definition/systemunit |
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