What to build

[andreasj64]

I'm a fairly tech savy kind of person, but have been out of the scene for a
while. My question is about 64-bit machines vs 32-bit machines. While I see
there may be a few compatability issues, technically, should my 32-bit
software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,
fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

 

[Jud Hendrix]

Re: What to build

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:38:00 -0700, andreasj64
<andreasj64@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>technically, should my 32-bit
>software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,
>fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

Yes, as long as it doesn't have any hardware like dongles, you should be
fine. If you go for Vista 64, there might sometimes be issues with proper
access-rights to folders, but that is usually easy to solve.

jud

 

[S.SubZero]

Re: What to build

On Aug 21, 3:38 pm, andreasj64 <andreas...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I'm a fairly tech savy kind of person, but have been out of the scene for a
> while. My question is about 64-bit machines vs 32-bit machines. While I see
> there may be a few compatability issues, technically, should my 32-bit
> software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,
> fireworks, illustrator... etc.)

For the record, it is not very easy these days to buy a brand new
Intel or AMD CPU that isn't based on x64. The vast majority of CPUs
by these chip makers have been x64-based for a while.

That being said, *all* of these x64-based processors will happily run
your 32-bit OS of choice, if you so wish to use one. The x64 CPUs are
absolutely 100% able to run these OSs with no quirks or issues.

 

[Carlos]

Re: What to build

AND...
They don't need any 32-bit driver
AND/OR...
The installer is NOT 16-bit.

Carlos

"Jud Hendrix" wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:38:00 -0700, andreasj64
> <andreasj64@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >technically, should my 32-bit
> >software work on a 64-bit OS/machine? (ie. dreamweaver, flash, office xp,
> >fireworks, illustrator... etc.)
>
> Yes, as long as it doesn't have any hardware like dongles, you should be
> fine. If you go for Vista 64, there might sometimes be issues with proper
> access-rights to folders, but that is usually easy to solve.
>
> jud
>