64 Bit Windows 7

[Geoff.]

A few weeks ago i installed windows 7 64 bit onto my macbook that only has 2 GB ram.. everything went perfect apart from the fact that the the drivers etc on the leopard install disk didnt work since it was 64 bit but i got working after a lil googling Was just wondering is there any disadvantage of using 64 bit on my macbook specs ? Only thing i noticed is my battery life is kinda bad. Like is it a bad idea to use it ? Thanks

 

[Repo]

64-bit shouldn't cause a problem for you. In fact, if you upgrade/add RAM to your laptop in the future, the OS will be able to take full advantage of it.

 

[flopticalcube]

Disable Aero or use Aerofoil to disable Aero on battery.

 

[Geoff.]

I wont be upgrading the ram and i downloaded aerofoil there to help out the battery issue thanks .. Also i only gave the partition 40 gig and i want to give it more now can i use a partition editor to do that or do i have to go through the whole process again ?

 

[hajime]

I wont be upgrading the ram and i downloaded aerofoil there to help out the battery issue thanks .. Also i only gave the partition 40 gig and i want to give it more now can i use a partition editor to do that or do i have to go through the whole process again ?

I think you can use iPartition.

 

[flopticalcube]

I think Disk Utility can non-destructively resize.

 

[ayeying]

I think Disk Utility can non-destructively resize.

Only for HFS partitions. Windows 7 deals with NTFS.

 

[maflynn]

Was just wondering is there any disadvantage of using 64 bit on my macbook specs ?

Just consuming more resources then the 32bit version. With only 2gb of ram, there's really no reason or advantage to run the 64bit flavor

 

[Geoff.]

there's really no reason or advantage to run the 64bit flavor

To be honest i didnt even know it was 64 bit untill the error on the drivers on the leopard disk came up. The windows 7 disk was ____________________ that my brother got with his laptop that '_____________'

 

[joe1946]

To be honest i didnt even know it was 64 bit untill the error on the drivers on the leopard disk came up. The windows 7 disk was a reinstallation disk that my brother got with his laptop that 'only works on dell computers'

Are you saying you installed 64bit Windows 7 on your Mac using a Windows 7 reinstallation disk from a Dell PC ?

 

[Geoff.]

Nope i didnt do such a thing Edited my post lol