Owner's Manual

POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Glossary (What Is...?)

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What is Windows

64 Bit?

Microsoft offers several “ﬂavors” of the Windows

operating system for PCs, and the most common

ones for every-day computer folks these days are the Windows

XP. Windows Vista

and Windows

“32 bit” operating systems. These are designed for running most all popular PC hardware and software,

including all Line 6 USB hardware and software products. Microsoft also offers more powerful 64 bit

versions of Windows

XP, Vista

& 7, for compatibility with 64 bit PCs. 64 bit PCs are essentially more

powerful systems and are likely to be the future platform for computing. One big advantage of 64 bit

Windows

PC systems is that they can utilize more RAM (32 bit Windows

PCs can utilize only up to

3.2 GB of RAM), making them better for running more applications simultaneously, and with better

performance.

The good news is that all Line 6 POD Studio, TonePort, GuitarPort. PODxt and POD X3 devices, as

well as POD Farm 2 standalone and the POD Farm 2 Plug-In software are compatible with Windows

64 bit systems! POD Farm 2 installs and runs as a 32 bit application, but is fully compatible with these

64 bit operating systems and popular DAW applications. All you need to do is install Line 6 POD Farm

2 on your Windows

64 bit system and you are ready to rock. The selection of other 64 bit compatible

hardware and software in the marketplace, however, is still somewhat limited. So before you run out

and buy that new 64 bit PC it is a good idea to look to the vendors of the other software and hardware

you might want to use to be sure their products are compatible. Check out the Microsoft.com web site

for the latest developments on Windows

64 bit operating systems.

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