"Brandon" wrote in message
...
I have a quad core processor in my desktop and home premium 32 bit on it.
I
looked at the architecture for the processor to make sure that it was 64
bit
capable and it ws x86 instead of x64. according to microsoft's site, x64
is
required to run 64 bit Vista. But intel says that all of the quad cores
can
run 64 bit OEMs. Which is right?



Hello Brandon,

If you looked from within your 32 bit install, then it would say x86 as
architecture, as you have installed a 32 bit OS.

Don't worry though, all of the quad-cores are fully 64 bit capable, as are
the Core 2 Duos.

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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
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