Quote Originally Posted by dtmcnamara
what about with windows xp? we have access to all version of xp and vista but prefer xp.

how much is too much that way...


also its the only skinny brother other than me..lol the one that provided to paintball to throw
Well there is XP x86 (32bit) and XP x62 (64bit)
XP 32bit recognizes a maximum of 4gigs, with SP3.
XP 64 bit which is still really unstable and does not have much support can go up to 16gigbytes. XP 64bit is really only good for servers, but even than Win 2000 Server edition is more commonly used.

If he is a gamer, than I would personally recommend Vista 64 (which is now very very stable, and much smoother than Vista 32bit) but you needa minimum of 4gigs of ram to run it well.

So here is how it goes, if you are using XP 32 bit, than you really do not need anymore than 2 gigs with a decent video card.

but the full potential of a Quad Core system will not be realized unless you use Vista 64bit.

If you need any help with this on a personal basis shoot me a PM, and you can call me, i'll try to explain everything so that you will not get confused by all the misinformation you find on the internetz.