4 gig of ram, vista or xp?

[powerbuilder0]

4 gig of ram, vista or xp? I recently got 4 gig of transcend aXe ram (lookup DDR2 240Pin Long-DIMM DDR2-1200+ Unbuffer Non-ECC 5-5-5-15 at http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/MemList.asp) and I'm not sure sure if vista x64 is the way to go, i do have xp x64. What should I choose?

[Bullace]

Aslong you pay for your vista (so you can update) it's fine, you only need to bitchfight with it in the begin so it lets you edit all your stuff and let you delete a file with only 1 warning (instead of 3).

[Sir. Sashdaman]

I'd choose dual boot.
Although apparently the new Vista SP1 doesn't allow pirated versions of Vista to update.

[Sir. TheHeartSmasher]

Which is an excellent idea for Microsoft to add. Now I no longer have to worry about helping people with pirated versions of Vista or XP (Hopefully SP3 has this too) as some pirated versions have been heavily modified and are near impossible to help someone with a pirated copy, and a waste of time (after I have asked them if it was legit and they tell me a lie).

I'd suggest going with 4GBs for anything new that you build. Vista uses a little over 1GB after you have everything updated and running. Then increases with the more applications you use, especially with games.

The more ram you have the better your games will perform.

[powerbuilder0]

So you all reckon vista? vista x64 will use all 4 gigs of ram?

[Bullace]

Yup, 32bit supports 3gb max, 64bit 128gb :P

[Sir. Fritz]

Inflating numbers will not help this fellow. 64 bit only supports 8GBs of RAM.

[Sir. TheHeartSmasher]

Sorry but you are wrong the max is 128GBs of RAM for Windows Business, Enterprise and Ultimate 64bit. Please read the following from Microsoft.

A description of the differences between 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista

Where in the world did you get the information that the max was 8GBs of RAM, this is not a max for any Windows Vista Operating System.

[Sir. Jameslcfc]

8GB is usually just the maximum amount of RAM the motherboard can use

[Sir. Fritz]

I still see that as an inflated number, knowing nothing can support the amount of RAM and most likely won't until some genius invents a new slot type or bus. Considering 8GB is the logical maximum, you are wrong, but right about the true max.