What are the expected benefits of Windows Vista x64 Edition?
Windows Vista includes a new user privilege model known as User Account Control (UAC) that is designed to prevent viruses and other unwanted software applications from gaining control of the system, such as initiating software installation or changing the firewall settings. Depending on your computer processors, you may choose either a 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Windows Vista. By working with computers that have more than 4 GB of RAM, the 64-bit version of Windows Vista supports memory-intensive applications such as vision acquisition and intense processing applications, and lets you realize performance improvements not possible on 32-bit operating systems. ADLINK’s 32-bit software application packages automatically function on a Windows Vista 64-bit platform without the need for user configuration. This is made possible through an operating system abstraction layer known as Windows on Windows (WOW64). However, kernel driver software that runs on the kernel must be 64-bit. The success