When installing windows 7 a question comes across that whether i should go for 32 bit or 64 bit. Some geniuses also confuse between 32 bit and 64 bit by assuming that “64″ being greater should perform better. Okay so here is the deal, first of all it is not necessary that installing 32 bit system would boost up your system’s speed, until your processor is compatible with it. It is only advisable to run a 64 bit windows system if your ram is 4GB or more.
In more detail, both versions of the operating systems are developed to cope up with the performance of two classes of computers. if the computer has a ram more than 4GB this means a similar operating system is required. The 64 bit version is basically further developed to manage the massive ram. so if you have a computer with a 4 or more GB ram this operating will improve your per process limit therefore allowing you to manage large number of programs running at the same time.
32 bit operating system is specially designed to cope up with systems offering lesser multi tasking. Therefore, if anyone has system with less than 4 GB ram, 32 bit system is best.
Now what happens if you install 64 bit on a computer with a ram less than 4GB. Well I have actually tried this and one thing you immediately observe is that your data transfer speed decreases, in addition computer also gets stuck up sometimes. Apart from the instant attacks, a slow poisoning runs side by side as you browse on the internet, yes the computer is open to viruses.
Furthermore, there is also a problem with the installation of drivers in these different versions. Applications might just work well but when it comes to other drivers there is always an option of whether your operating system is 32 bit or 64 bit.
So here is it, I hope now you know which version to choose if you re-install your windows next time