Questions about upgrading to win7x64
I'm considering upgrading to win7x64 and I can't figure out a couple of things.
1) what exactly would the "win xp mode" buy me for the difference in price between home premium and professional version? If I get home premium does that mean that software like sonar won't work in xp mode on the 64bit win7?
2) when they talk about "64bit processors" as a minimum requirement for the 64bit OS - how can you tell which processors are 64bit architecture? I have an LGA 775 socket Q6600 - is it 64bit?
the reason I am considering upgrading is mainly to take advantage of higher RAM for softsynths and FX in Sonar (that and I'm having problems running X1 on my XP machine anyway and moving to 64bit might resolve that issue).