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Funny though, I'm running an x64 bit of Vista, and have had bugger all problems software wise. I'm yet to find a program that I'm not able to run. Tell you the truth, I'd read about compatibility issues with Vista x64 and that's why I have a copy of XP 32 bit. I simply haven't needed it.
I am glad to have had a copy of Debian 64 bit though - saved my bacon when the drive that Vista was sitting on went corrupt - long story short, I have a 36gb raptor boot drive (XP and Debian), 500gb drive Vista, and 2 x 500gb drives in RAID 1. One of the raid drives went bust, and being new to RAID, I did something bad in the BIOS. After booting back into Vista, it did some things that it probably shouldn't have, a reboot later and no Vista system - HAL was stuffed. Due to the changes made, XP also had the same problem (HAL). HAL is a pretty damn stupid thing imho - Linux is far better in this respect, it simply *works*. So, a quick trip into Debian, run testdisk, rebuilt the partition etc, and voila. All fixed. RAID reset in the BIOS and I've left it broken. One day I'll pull the faulty drive out and send it back for a warranty repair lol. One day when I'm not feeling to lazy. Hell, I'll probably just buy a drive and swap it and then send the unit back. Serves me right for play with software RAID.
Dave
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