There has been a lot of talk about 64-bit computers especially now that 64-bit hardware is readily available in the market today. There have however been some issues that have been preventing people from going in for the 64-bit platform these issues happen to be issues relating to compatibility issues related to drivers, applications, Operating System availability and support etc. If you are buying a new computer now the situation has changed drastically compared to just a few months ago as you have more support for 64-bit operating systems and especially in the case of Windows you do have 64-bit edition of Vista which can be used along with the wide range of hardware that come with signed 64-bit drivers, this takes care of the driver based incompatibility issues. Application compatibility is still an issue that is addressed by Microsoft using the built in WOW [windows on windows] this does help you to run 32 bit applications but is slower than running 32 bit applications on a 32 bit machine, but having said that with the increasing number of 64 bit applications available it does make sense to buy a 64 bit machine with a 64 bit Operating System and take advantage of the higher levels of security provided. 64 bit drivers are digitally signed and of a far higher quality compared to unsigned 32 bit drivers this means less blue screen of death issues. 64 bit hardware has support for DEP or Data Execution Prevention that is currently provided using software means in 32 bit windows versions.With support for higher data transfer rates, more than 4GB RAM and the availability of Microsoft Office 2010 in both 32bit & 64 bit versions, it does make more sense to move up to the 64 bit platform as early as possible as most of the initial issues have been sorted out and it can only get better from here.
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