# Recommend me 64-bit Vista software

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001 "2008-07-10T17:02:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001/1 "2008-07-10T17:02:18Z")

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I’ve just installed Vista 64, having heard many good things. Plus, experience with it is all to the good.

But I’m lacking software: not the big ones like email, Office, or a browser, but the little utilities like hardware monitors, fan controllers, the little utilities that make life so much easier.

So, what do Dopers recommend?

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001/2 "2008-07-10T18:22:56Z")

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Well Vista 64 didn’t last long either: I’ve installed it on 2 drives (same batch from 2002) and both of them have overheated and died.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001/3 "2008-07-19T21:01:15Z")

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I’m going to bump this because I’ve put V64 on another box and it runs pretty well.

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001/4 "2008-07-20T23:44:28Z")

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I just got a new PC with Vista 64-bit. I’m interested in the responses here too. The only issue I’ve had is installing Microsoft Silverlight. I subscribe to [mlb.tv](http://mlb.tv) and you get some better features with it. Personally, despite all the bad press, I think Vista’s excellent. It has most of the 3rd party apps I used to use built in. Yes. I had to finally get rid of my 7 year old NEC printer, but it was time anyway. Plus, I got an HP IQ504 with a 22" Touchsmart touch screen that absolutely rocks. Coolest thing _evah_.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-64-bit-vista-software/456001/5 "2008-08-05T17:12:56Z")

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I’ve just been pointed at [Start64](http://www.start64.com/index.php) which has 64-bit news, software, and more.