Vista 32 or 64? Which will be faster?

[Ciaravino]

I tried installing my Windows XP, but I guess the disk was corrupt or something. I'm trying to install my Vista. It's asking which I would prefer, 32bit or 64. I'm not going to be playing games or anything on my Windows installation, I'm just using it for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.

I want to use the one that will take up the least amount of resources and stuff.

[Mikero]

If you're looking for minimal resource usage, Vista is not the best option... Use XP or Windows 7.

Regarding 64bit, you won't notice a difference at all unless you're doing stuff which makes use of more than 4GB of ram (which is unlikely given what you've said you'll be using Windows for).

[Ciaravino]

Ah. Yeah, I would use either of those if I had working copies :smileygrin:

I installed Vista 64. I was wondering, how do you install things on the virtual machine? I used IE to try and download Firefox, but it's like it doesn't download or something. I can't find it anywhere. I also can't access the Internet Options under Tools. When I click it, nothing happens; that's what happens when I try to Save something when I download it.

[Mikero]

Did you install VMware Tools in your guest (to enable networking, and well, all the other wonderful things VM's can do...)

From the Menu Bar > Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools